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Personal info

Full name
HURLEY, Charles A
Date of birth
1924
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Massachusetts
Hometown
Worcester County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
11106776
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
119th Infantry Regiment,
30th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
27 November 1944
Place of death
Inden/Altdorf, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
C 9 21

Immediate family

Members
John F. Hurley (father)
Lena N. (Currie) Hurley (mother)
John F. Hurley (brother)
Helen Hurley (sister)
James Hurley (brother)
Elizabeth Hurley (sister)

More information

Pfc Charles A. Hurley graduated from South High School.

He enlisted on 11 November 1942 in Springfield, Massachusetts and was sent overseas in February 1944.

In June 1944 he was reported wounded in action by artillery fire and spent several months in a hospital in England. He had been back in action only a week when he was killed.

Pfc Hurley is remembered at St John's Cemetery in Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts with a memorial marker.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record,
www.ancestry.com - Hurley Family Tree, www.oldhickory30th.com

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Hans Wijnands