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Personal info

Full name
HALL, Fred Eugene
Date of birth
20 October 1920
Age
23
Place of birth
Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana
Hometown
Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana
Religion
Protestant

Military service

Service number
O1309059
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
10th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
20 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Pounoy-la Chétive, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
J 45 30

Immediate family

Members
Cyrus Hall (father)
Ruby L. (Jolliffe) Hall (mother)
Patricia L. (Miles) Hall (wife)

More information

1st Lt Fred E. Hall graduated from Southport High School and worked for the Crescent Paper Company.

He enlisted at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana on 18 June 1942. Before his overseas assignment he was an infantry instructor at Fort McClellan, Alabama; Camp Joseph T. Robinson in Arkansas and Camp McCoy in Wisconsin.

He was first buried at the temporary American Military Cemetery of Limey, France.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – 1930 Census / Family Tree / Headstone and Interment Record / Indiana Birth Certificates / Alabama Country Mariages, A footsoldier for Patton / Michael C. Bilder James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry Division in the ETO, www.findagrave.com, www.newspapers.com - The Indianapolis Star

Photo source: www.newspapers.com - The Indianapolis Star