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Personal info

Full name
HANCOCK, John B
Date of birth
30 November 1913
Age
30
Place of birth
Boston, Thomas County, Georgia
Hometown
Auburndale, Polk County, Florida

Military service

Service number
34784565
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
179th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
1 November 1944
Place of death
La Salle, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 42 13

Immediate family

Members
John B. Hancock (father)
Mamie (Hurst) Hancock (mother)
Tecoy Hancock (brother)
Lillie M. Hancock (sister)
James Hancock (brother)
Virgil Hancock (brother)
Vivian Hancock (brother)
Emily S. Hancock (sister)
Edna P. (McGinnis) Hancock (wife)

More information

Sgt John B. Hancock worked as a manager at an A & P Store before he enlisted at Camp Blanding, Florida on 11 May 1943.

He was sent to North Africa on Thanksgiving Day of 1943 and he served with his unit during the campaign in Italy and he also landed in the coast of southern France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Jerry Hancock Family Tree, http://www.45thdivision.org
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy, http://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu