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Personal info

Full name
HAYES, Emery William
Date of birth
21 September 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Ionia County, Michigan
Hometown
Ionia, Ionia County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36414348
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Rifleman
Unit
F Company,
2nd Battalion,
319th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
9 October 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Létricourt, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 27 55

Immediate family

Members
Emery W. Hayes (father)
Ivah L. (Smith) Hayes (mother)
Margaret Hayes (sister)
Dale L. Hayes (brother)
Junior Hayes (brother)
Velma Hayes (sister)
Dayle Hayes (brother)
Ione Hayes (sister)
Robert Hayes (brother)

More information

Pfc Emery W. Hayes attended high school for one year and worked on a farm before he enlisted in Kalamazoo, Michigan on 15 December 1942.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Cards, www.80thdivision.com
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