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Personal info

Full name
WAGES, Hidge Lee
Date of birth
14 September 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Texas
Hometown
Glenmora, Rapides Parish, Louisiana

Military service

Service number
38655729
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
315th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
2 December 1944
Place of death
Near Haguenau, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 10 57

Immediate family

Members
George W. Wages (father)
Lucinda A. (Perritt) Wages (mother)
Eutha M. Wages (sister)
Ernestine Wages (sister)
Woodrow W. Wages (brother)
Elo Wages (brother)
Martha C. (Duck) Wages (wife)
Lawrence E. Wages (son)
Gary L. Wages (son)

More information

Pvt Hidge L. Wages attended high school for one year and was a cook before he enlisted at Camp Beauregard, Louisiana on 12 May 1944.

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 / Lorie Womack Family Tree, Combat History 79th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - Coleman

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy