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Personal info

Full name
HOBBS, Richard Dallas
Date of birth
12 July 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Montague, Montague County, Texas
Hometown
Amarillo, Potter County, Texas

Military service

Service number
38346603
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
357th Infantry Regiment,
90th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
24 March 1945
Place of death
Near Leeheim, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
K 21 34

Immediate family

Members
Mary A. Hobbs (wife)

More information

Pfc Richard D. Hobbs attended 2 years of college and was a salesman before he enlisted in Lubbock, Texas on 4 September 1943.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.newspapers.com – Pampa Daily News Texas - 25 April 1945

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