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Personal info

Full name
HEDGES, Harry Douglas
Date of birth
7 February 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Macon, Bibb County, Georgia
Hometown
Alameda, Alameda County, California

Military service

Service number
39044805
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
I Company,
3rd Battalion,
328th Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
12 December 1944
Place of death
Near Metz, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
A 35 30

Immediate family

Members
George S. Hedges (father)
Helen I. (VanWagenen) Hedges (mother)
George R. Hedges (brother)
Marcia A. Hedges (sister)

More information

Sgt Harry D. Hedges attended Alameda High School for four years.

He enlisted in San Francisco, California on 13 April 1943. He was selected for the Army Specialized Training Program (A.S.T.P.) and studied at Providence College.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments to the chest.

Sgt Hedges was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Limey, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1940 Census / Hedges Lessig Tree / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.findagrave.com - SaMo History, After Action Report 26th Infantry Division
Photo source: www.ancestry.com - U.S. School Yearbooks Alameda California