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Personal info

Full name
HEDGES, Robert Fountain Jr
Date of birth
3 November 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
District of Columbia
Hometown
Washington, District of Columbia

Military service

Service number
O1283425
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
47th Infantry Regiment,
9th Infantry Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
21 November 1944
Place of death
Near Bovenberg, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
A 10 4

Immediate family

Members
Robert F. Hedges (father)
Greta E. Hedges (mother)
Ruth A. Hedges (sister)
Lucille H. (Smith) Hedges (wife)

More information

1st Lt Robert F. Hedges Jr. attended college and worked in a printing house

He joined the National Guard in Washington, district of Columbia on 3 February 1941.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com - Barry E. Kearns, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1920 Census, http://9thinfantrydivision.net

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.ancestry.com - Washinton DC Central High School 1931 / Theodore Roosevelt High School 1934