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Personal info

Full name
WATERS, Hubert Richard
Date of birth
9 November 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Kinston, Lenoir County, North Carolina
Hometown
Lenoir County, North Carolina

Military service

Service number
34466097
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
393rd Infantry Regiment,
99th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
17 December 1944
Place of death
Near Elsenborn, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
E 10 44

Immediate family

Members
John L. Waters (father)
Elsie Waters (mother)
Pauline Waters (sister)
Betty (Davis) Waters (wife)
Hubert R. Waters Jr. (son)

More information

S/Sgt Hubert R. Waters attended Grainger High School.

He enlisted at Fort Bragg, North Carolina on 5 December 1942.

One photo shows his sister-in-law, Agnes "Aggie" Davis Levine visiting his grave soon after the war ended.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Debbie Holloman, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Debbie Holloman via Hubert R. Waters Jr. son and Bert Waters grandson