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Personal info

Full name
HOOK, Wayne D
Date of birth
10 October 1919
Age
24
Place of birth
Xenia, Greene County, Ohio
Hometown
Xenia, Greene County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
15063712
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
10th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
23 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Pournoy-la-Chétive, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 26 55

Immediate family

Members
Homer H. Hook (father)
Margret Hook (mother)
Howard Hook (brother)
Charles F. Hook (brother)
Betty V. Hook (sister)
Mary E. Hook (sister)
Patty M. Hook (sister)
Laurence E. Hook (sister)

More information

S/Sgt Wayne D. Hook enlisted in the Regular Army in Fremont, Ohio on 25 October 1940.

He was first buried at the U.S. Temporary Cemetery Limey, Toul, France.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1920 Census / Ohio Birth Index / Snyder Family Tree, A footsoldier for Patton - Michael C. Bilder and James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry Division in the ETO

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