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Personal info

Full name
HODGENS, Henry Milton Jr
Date of birth
4 June 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
McBee, Chesterfield County, South Carolina
Hometown
Fork, Anderson County, South Carolina

Military service

Service number
O1328146
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
415th Infantry Regiment,
104th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
24 February 1945
Place of death
Arnoldsweiler, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
C 12 13

Immediate family

Members
Henry M. Hodgens (father)
Emily P. (Cunningham) Hodgens (mother)
Edward H. Hodgens (brother)
Eva E. Hodgens (sister)
Neta N. Hodgens (sister)
Katherine J. Hodgens (sister)

More information

2nd Lt Henry M. Hodgens Jr. enlisted in Jackson, Mississippi on 4 September 1942.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, 1942-1949 / various Family Trees / 1930 Census

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet