Thomas Skinner

Private, U. S. Army

59th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division

Entered the Service from: Nebraska

Died: October 5, 1918

Buried at: Plot H Row 39 Grave 19, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne, France

Enterprise 15 Nov 1918

Word came the first of the week from the battle front in France to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Sinner, living on a farm near Herman, that their son, Thomas, had met his death while fighting on the front. He was a brother to John Skinner who formerly worked for John McKay at the feed store.

Note: On Herman Cemetery records: Skinner, Thomas, born 1894; died 1918; lot 12; Co E 59 INFT buried in France.

~~~ Obituary courtesy of the Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings on file in the Blair Public Library at Blair, Nebraska.~~~

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