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Personal info

Full name
LEWIS, Hugh D
Date of birth
1919
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Georgia
Hometown
Toombs County, Georgia

Military service

Service number
34574822
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
41st Armored Infantry Regiment,
2nd Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
8 January 1945
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
D 16 49

Immediate family

Members
Tom W. Lewis (father)
Minnie B. Lewis (mother)
Julean B. Lewis (brother)
Reba F. Lewis (sister)
James D. Lewis (brother)
Lillion L. Lewis (sister)
Tonnie N. Lewis (sister)
Eugene I. Lewis (brother)

More information

Pvt Hugh D. Lewis enlisted at Fort McPherson, Georgia on 25 November 1942.

Note: In the ABMC database, the 41st Armored Infantry Regiment is incorrectly listed as the 41st Infantry Battalion.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, 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 / 1940 Census

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Des Philippet