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Personal info

Full name
HACKWORTH, Benjamin
Date of birth
1918
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Ohio
Hometown
Elizabeth Township, Lawrence County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
15063773
Rank
Technical Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
10th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
18 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Courcelles-sur-Nied, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
K 24 6

Immediate family

Members
Thomas Hackworth (father)
Mary Hackworth (mother)
Walter Hackworth (brother)
Raymond Hackworth (brother)
Alva Hackworth (brother)
Griffith Hackworth (brother)
Joseph Hackworth (brother)
Seymour Hackworth (brother)

More information

T/Sgt Benjamin Hackworth enlisted in the Regular Army at Ft. Thomas Newport, Kentucky on 28 October 1940.
He worked on a farm before he enlisted.

He was first buried in the U.S. Temporary Cemetery Limey, Toul, France.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census / Headstone and Interment Record, Newspaperarchives.com, A footsoldier for Patton / Michael C. Bilder James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry Division in the ETO

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