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Personal info

Full name
EGAN, Hobart Gerard
Date of birth
27 July 1906
Age
38
Place of birth
Sherrill, Oneida County, New York
Hometown
Hampden County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
32944718
Rank
Sergeant
Function
Squad Leader
Unit
F Company,
2nd Battalion,
318th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
8 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Pompey, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 19 58

Immediate family

Members
Albert G. Egan (father)
Alice M. (Pickard) Egan (mother)
Arthur J. Egan (brother)
Jean M. (Higgins) Egan (wife)

More information

Sgt Hobart G. Egan attended Sherrill High School for three years and was a chauffeur before he enlisted in Utica, New York on 16 September 1943. He was sent overseas in July 1944.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930/1940 Census / Strong-Swanson Family Tree, www.80thdivision.com
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