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Personal info

Full name
EVANS, Hugh Wesley
Date of birth
9 August 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Crystal City, Jefferson County, Missouri
Hometown
Crystal City, Jefferson County, Missouri

Military service

Service number
20732491
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
F Company,
2nd Battalion,
320th Infantry Regiment,
35th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
18 November 1944
Place of death
Near Bermering, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
B 28 47

Immediate family

Members
George W. Evans (father)
Dona P. Evans (mother)
Rayfone I. Evans (brother)

More information

Pvt Hugh W. Evans attended high school for four years and worked in the production of glass and glass products before he joined the National Guard in Fostus, Missouri on 23 December 1940.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Limey, 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 / 1930 Census, After Action Report 35th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - SueMac
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