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Personal info

Full name
HASKINS, George C "Popeye"
Date of birth
6 August 1915
Age
29
Place of birth
Pedro, Lawrence County, Ohio
Hometown
Elizabeth Township, Lawrence County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35776770
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
36th Armored Infantry Regiment,
3rd Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
21 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Busbach, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
B 11 11

Immediate family

Members
Cecil Haskins (father)
Nellie Haskins (mother)
John Haskins (brother)
James Haskins (brother)
Rosabelle Haskins (sister)
Albert Haskins (brother)
Delbert Haskins (brother)
Majorie Haskins (wife)
Betty Haskins (daughter)

More information

Pvt George C. Haskins attended Pedro High School.

He enlisted in Huntington, West Virginia on 8 November 1943. He trained at Fort Thomas in Kentucky and Camp Blanding, Florida.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930/1940 Census / WWII Young American Patriots

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Des Philippet, www.ancestry.com - WWII Young American Patriots, They Speak: Voices of Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery