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Personal info

Full name
HOOKS, Charles Aycock
Date of birth
18 June 1912
Age
32
Place of birth
Ayden, Pitt County, North Carolina
Hometown
Fairfield County, Connecticut

Military service

Service number
34854928
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Rifleman
Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
331st Infantry Regiment,
83rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
8 December 1944
Place of death
West of Gey, Hürtgenwald, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
H 3 65

Immediate family

Members
William E. Hooks (father)
Bessie G. Hooks (mother)
Carrol J. Hooks (brother)
Lina D. Hooks (sister)
Bessie L. Hooks (sister)
Willie E. Hooks (sister)
William R. Hooks (brother)
Edward H. Hooks (brother)

More information

Pfc Charles A. Hooks attended high school for 2 years and was a sales clerk.

He enlisted at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, on 30 November 1943.

He joined his unit from the 48th Replacement Battalion on 20 July 1944.

He was lightly wounded on 11 August 1944 for which he was awarded the Purple Heart Medal a first time.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1920 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, http://83rdinfdivdocs.org – After Action Report

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Des Philippet