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Personal info

Full name
HOOKS, Marcus Alton
Date of birth
14 July 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
East Franklin, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Adrian Washington, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33426846
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
101st Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
9 November 1944
Place of death
Movenic, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 41 14

Immediate family

Members
Amos M. Hooks (father)
Minnie G. (John) Hooks (mother)
Melburn Hooks (brother)
Herbert F. Hooks (brother)
Paul H. Hooks (brother)
Ruby M. Hooks (sister)
Delbert E. Hooks (brother)
Ivan J. Hooks (brother)
Kenneth M. Hooks (brother)
Joan L. Hooks (sister)

More information

Pfc Marcus A. Hooks enlisted in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on 17 February 1943.

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 / Hooks Family Tree / 1940 Census, After Action Report 26th Infantry

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy