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Personal info

Full name
HAMRICK, Dolan Oscar
Date of birth
19 December 1924
Age
19
Place of birth
Webster Springs, Webster County, West Virginia
Hometown
Webster Springs, Webster County, West Virginia

Military service

Service number
35756139
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
315th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
20 November 1944
Place of death
Near Le Mans, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 9 46

Immediate family

Members
Thomas H. Hamrick (father)
Sena E. (Carpenter) Hamrick (mother)
Essie M. Hamrick (sister)
Elsie V. Hamrick (sister)
Clara Hamrick (sister)
Mabel E. Hamrick (sister)
Virgil S. Hamrick (brother)
Patrick Hamrick (brother)
Basil Hamrick (brother)
Hayward Hamrick (brother)
Ruby S. Hamrick (sister)
Russie Hamrick (sister)
Dana J. Hamrick (brother)
Marie A. Hamrick (sister)
Audra Hamrick (sister)

More information

Pvt Dolan O. Hamrick enlisted in Clarksburg, West Virginia on 9 June 1943.

He was killed by small arms fire in his back.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Hamrick Family Tree / 1940 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card, Combat History 79th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - Albert Ledoux
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy, www.ancestry.com - U.S. WWII Young American Patriots, Ohio