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Personal info

Full name
HODGE, Elmer Earl
Date of birth
16 July 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
New Castle, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Lawrence County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33706099
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
142nd Infantry Regiment,
36th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
1 February 1945
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
D 10 52

Immediate family

Members
Elmer C. Hodge (father)
Sarah V. (Shaffer) Hodge (mother)
William Hodge (brother)
Shirley M. Hodge (sister)
Ronald Hodge (brother)
Wilma Hodge (sister)
Samuel Hodge (brother)
Donald Hodge (brother)
Della Hodge (sister)
Courtney Hodge (brother)

More information

Pfc Elmer E. Hodge enlisted in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on 1 October 1943.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - U.S. Headstone and Interment Record for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / Pennsylvania, Veteran Compensation Application Files WWII / Taylor Family Tree

Photo source: Jac Engels, www.ancestry.com - Angela Walsh