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Personal info

Full name
HAWS, Jay B
Date of birth
17 May 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Webbers Falls, Muskogee County, Oklahoma
Hometown
Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California

Military service

Service number
39298201
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
L Company,
3rd Battalion,
320th Infantry Regiment,
35th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
21 November 1944
Place of death
Gréning, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
B 32 15

Immediate family

Members
John L. Haws (father)
Louisa J. (Ewing) Haws (mother)
Austin W. Haws (half-brother)
Lee Haws (half-brother)
Julia Mae Haws (half-sister)
Cleo Haws (half-brother)
Velmer Haws (sister)
Lonie C. Haws (brother)
Ronny Haws (brother)
Kenneth O. Haws (brother)
Fay Haws (sister)

More information

Pfc Jay B. Haws was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Limey, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, After Action Report 35th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - Albert Ledoux, www.newspapers.com - Daily News California, 12 February 1945
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