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Personal info

Full name
HONAKER, Howard J
Date of birth
1919
Age
unknown
Place of birth
West Virginia
Hometown
Trapp Hill, Raleigh County, West Virginia

Military service

Service number
15058108
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
10th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
11 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Arnaville, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 3 50

Immediate family

Members
George J. Honaker (father)
Madaline Honaker (mother)
Junior Honaker (brother)
Edith Honaker (sister)
Virginia Honaker (sister)
Bessie Honaker (sister)
Marie Honaker (sister)

More information

Sgt Howard J. Honaker worked as a miner before he joined the Regular Army at Fort Thomas, Kentucky on 15 October 1940.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – 1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record, "A footsoldier for Patton" - Michael C. Bilder/James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry Division in the ETO

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Kitty Lusher - JoMarRo