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Personal info

Full name
HOOVER, Philip Eugene
Date of birth
25 December 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Brookville, Montgomery County, Ohio
Hometown
Phillipsburg, Montgomery County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35070207
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
121st Infantry Regiment,
8th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
28 December 1944
Place of death
Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
K 18 14

Immediate family

Members
Warren T. Hoover (father)
Mary Ann (Knisley) Hoover (mother)
Russell L. Hoover (brother)
Herbert L. Hoover (brother)
Edna Hoover (sister)
Wilma (Neff) Hoover (wife)
Barry L. Hoover (son)

More information

Pvt Philip E. Hoover was employed by the Frigidaire Company.

He enlisted at Fort Thomas Newport, Kentucky on 29 February 1944. He was sent overseas in August 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.findagrave.com - Jim Lavy, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Lowig Family Tree / 1940 Census

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.newspapers.com - Dayton Daily News 13 January 1945