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Personal info

Full name
HANKS, Harvey Loyd
Date of birth
29 June 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Bellevue, Clay County, Texas
Hometown
Vernon, Wilbarger County, Texas

Military service

Service number
38347121
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
324th Infantry Regiment,
44th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
22 April 1945
Place of death
Aufhausen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
E 36 19

Immediate family

Members
Granville D. Hanks (father)
Eula C. (Reeves) Hanks (mother)
Dee L. Hanks (sister)
Caroline Hanks (sister)
Myra J. Hanks (sister)
Edna M. Hanks (sister)
Benny Hanks (brother)
Louise M. Hanks (wife)

More information

Sgt Harvey L. Hanks worked on a farm before he enlisted in Lubbock, Texas on 23 September 1943. He was sent overseas in November 1944.

He was killed by small arms fire in his chest.

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 / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.findagrave.com – James Durham, www.newspapers.com – The Vernon Daily Record 7 May 1945/8 May 1945

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Denise Kellam, Men and Women in the Armed Forces from Nocona, Texas - World War I and World War 11