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Personal info

Full name
HUGHES, Gerard T
Date of birth
31 May 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Brooklyn, New York City, New York
Hometown
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York

Military service

Service number
6973892
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
18th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
5 May 1945
Place of death
Karlsbad, Czech Republic

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
G 13 18

Immediate family

Members
Vincent C. Hughes (father)
Ellen C. (Vise) Hughes (mother)
George Hughes (brother)
Vincent Hughes (brother)
Charles Hughes (brother)
Eileen Hughes (sister)
Harold Hughes (brother)
James Hughes (brother)
Edward Hughes (brother)
Veronica Hughes (sister)

More information

T/5 Gerard T. Hughes joined the Regular Army in Fontana, California on 20 March 1939.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census, www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar, New York Record of Award Medal, New York, New York, Birth Index, 1910-1965

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Hans Wijnands