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Personal info

Full name
HAMLIN, Dayton Dennis
Date of birth
21 March 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Charleston, Kanawha County, West Virginia
Hometown
Mercer County, West Virginia

Military service

Service number
35648945
Rank
Private
Function
Rifleman
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
115th Infantry Regiment,
29th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
4 October 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Kreuzrath-Birgden-Hatterath, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
L 6 3

Immediate family

Members
Allen Hamlin (father)
Mary Hamlin (mother)
Margaret M. (Wilson) Hamlin (wife)

More information

Pvt Dayton Hamlin enlisted on 23 January 1943 at Huntington, West Virginia.

He was sent overseas on 19 August 1944 and joined his unit from a replacement depot on 16 September 1944.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – 1930 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / WWII Draft Card, Bluefield Daily Telegraph - 29 October 1944

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Bluefield Daily Telegraph - 29 October 1944