Greenwood Colliery, Minooka

Greenwood Colliery, Minooka

Saturday, August 10, 2019

Thomas "Tommy" Coyne Is Killed in Brittany - August 1944

Staff Sergeant Thomas "Tommy" Coyne was killed in Brittany in August 1944.


Coyne, who was born in 1917, was the son of Martin and Bridget Loretta Walsh Coyne, 2810 Pittston Avenue. A member of the 644th Tank Battalion, he was killed in action in Brittany, France on August 19, 1944. He was awarded the Silver Star and Purple Heart. Coyne is buried in the Brittany American Cemetery in Montjoie Saint Martin, France.


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