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Personal info

Full name
HANBY, John Joseph
Date of birth
14 February 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Geneseo, Livingston County, New York
Hometown
Geneseo, Livingston County, New York

Military service

Service number
6980735
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
333rd Infantry Regiment,
84th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
6 January 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
H 6 34

Immediate family

Members
John H. Hanby (father)
Carrie Hanby (mother)
William H. Hanby (brother)
Charles Swartz (stepbrother)
Dorothy Harrington (stepsister)
Ida Hanby (wife)
John J. Hanby (son)

More information

Sgt John J. Hanby attended Geneseo High School.

He joined the Regular Army on 11 December 1939. He was a cook in the officers mess until he was sent overseas in November 1944.

One picture was taken at his wedding in 1942.


Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1920 /1930 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / New York Records of the State National Guard, American World War II Orphans Network (AWON), www.newspapers.com - Democrat and Chronicle

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.ancestry.com - Mr. John Joseph Hanby (son)