Military Tuesday~Thomas Crosson Rivers, WWII Veteran

 

Thomas Crosson Rivers, son of James A. Rivers and Blanche Teal was born 8 October 1923. After 3 years of high school, Thomas Crossan Rivers enlisted into the Army at Fort Jackson, South Carolina on 2 February 1943.  He was assigned to the 812 AAF BASE UNIT upon completion of basic training. 

World War II had been on-going since 1 September 1939; but, the United States did not enter the War until the bombing of Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941.

I don’t think Thomas Crosson lived long enough to see any combat action. At the time of his death, he was stationed at Pope Field, Ft. Bragg, North Carolina. Based on his South Carolina Death Certificate it looks as if Thomas was home on leave in February 1945 when he lost his life in an automobile accident on the 18th day of February 1945. 

Thomas Crosson Rivers was laid to rest in Shiloh Cemetery, Chesterfield, South Carolina. 

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/33987940/thomas-crosson-rivers

Thomas Crosson Rivers is a 3rd Cousin once Removed.

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1. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database and digital images, (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 3 May 2022); Memorial page for Thomas Crosson Rivers; (8 October 1923–18 February 1945); Find a Grave memorial # 33987940, Citing Shiloh United Methodist Church Cemetery; Chesterfield, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, USA.

2. 1930 U. S. Census, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, population schedule, Court House, Chesterfield, South Carolina, enumeration district (ED) 0018, Page 59, Line 1, Dwelling 1, Family 1, Household of Buck RIVERS; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : viewed 3 May 2022); citing National Archives Microfilm T626_3799.

3. 1940 U. S. Census, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, population schedule, , ; digital images, 1940 CENSUS (http://Ancestry.com : accessed ); citing NARA microfilm publication T627, roll 3799.

4. Thomas C Rivers, death certificate 006966 (18 February 1945), Vital Records, Department of Health and Environmental Control, Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina.

5. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database, "Record, Thomas Crosson Rivers (8 October 1923–18 February 1945), Memorial # 33987940.

6. Ancestry.com, "World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1939-1945," database, www.ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com : viewed 3 May 2022), Thomas Crosson Rivers.