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Personal info

Full name
HAMONS, Norvel
Date of birth
1918
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Kentucky
Hometown
Perry County, Kentucky

Military service

Service number
15064675
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
10th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
10 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Arnaville, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 5 38

Immediate family

Members
Rufus Hamons (father)
Sarah (Caudill) Hamons (mother)
Arnold Hamons (brother)
Arsel Hamons (brother)
Nevada Hamons (brother)
Gwendolyn Hamons (sister)
Mauda Hamons (sister)
Ada Hamons (sister)
Madgie Hamons (sister)
Robert Hamons (brother)
Martha Hamons (brother)

More information

S/Sgt Norvel Hamons enlisted in the Regular Army at Fort Thomas Newport, Kentucky on 6 December 1940.

He worked as a farmhand before he enlisted.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census, "A footsoldier for Patton" - Michael C. Bilder/James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry Division in the ETO

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