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Personal info

Full name
HAMMOND, Curtis O
Date of birth
26 April 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Youngstown, Warren County, Illinois
Hometown
Tazewell County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36441839
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
D Company,
1st Battalion,
28th Infantry Regiment,
8th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
24 February 1945
Place of death
Niederau, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
D 11 6

Immediate family

Members
Jairus F. Hammond (father)
Ava R. (Lyons) Hammond (mother)
Luther E. Hammond (brother)
Lawrence L. Hammond (brother)
Frances A. Hammond (sister)
Sydner E. Hammond (brother)
Bernice P. Hammond (sister)
Lula M. Hammond (sister)
Anna L. Hammond (sister)
Jarius R. Hammond (brother)

More information

Pvt Curtis O. Hammond was a driver before he enlisted in Peoria, Illinois on 6 January 1943.

He is remembered at the Stice Cemetery in Youngstown, Warren County, Illinois.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, 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 / 1930 Census, http://cgsc.contentdm.oclc.org - After Action Report 28th Infantry Regiment

Photo source: Jac Engels, www.findagrave.com - Fred Cornelius Cohoon