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HAMRICK, Junior B - Date of
birth
8 June 1924 -
Age
20 - Place of
birth
West Virginia -
Hometown
Fork Lick, Webster County, West Virginia
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
35847977 -
Rank
Private First Class -
Function
Rifleman -
Unit
E Company,
2nd Battalion,
116th Infantry Regiment,
29th Infantry Division
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Awards
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
16 October 1944 - Place of
death
In the vicinity of Wûrselen, North of Aachen, Germany
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| A | 3 | 3 |
Immediate family
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Members
Benson Hamrick (father)
Ora Hamrick (mother)
Doy H Hamrick (brother)
Retha Hamrick (sister)
Rossie Hamrick (sister)
Leslie Hamrick (brother)
Victor L.Hamrick (brother)
Bulah Hamrick (sister)
Thelma Hamrick (sister)
Waneta Hamrick (sister)
Denver C. Hamrick (brother)
Hazel O. Hamrick (sister)
Harlan Hamrick (brother)
More information
Pfc Junior B. Hamrick joined his unit from Replacement Depot on 9 August 1944.According to a niece he applied for the army after his brother S/Sgt Victor L. Hamrick died in the war. Victor is commemorated on the Walls of the Missing at Margraten.
Source of information: Family Hamrick, Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record
Photo source: Anneke Groothoff-Bakker, Dea Hamrick Hawks