Thomas Meehan III

Military Person

1921 – 1944

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Who was Thomas Meehan III?

First Lieutenant Thomas Meehan III was a commissioned officer with Easy Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, in the 101st Airborne Division of the United States Army during World War II. He was killed on "D-Day" when the aircraft he was a passenger on was shot down by ground fire.

Meehan was portrayed in the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers by Jason O'Mara.

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Born
Jul 8, 1921
Philadelphia
Nationality
  • United States of America
Died
Jun 6, 1944
Normandy
Resting place
Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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