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Personal info

Full name
HUGHES, Harry Lee
Date of birth
23 October 1916
Age
27
Place of birth
Cherokee County, South Carolina
Hometown
Spartanburg, Spartanburg County, South Carolina

Military service

Service number
34896142
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
11th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
18 September 1944
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
B 9 59

Immediate family

Members
Edward M Hughes (father)
Annie (Abercombie) Hughes (mother)
Arthur J. Hughes (brother)
Sam C. Hughes (brother)
Louis C. Hughes (brother)
Ralph G. Hughes (brother)
Earle A. Hughes (brother)
Annie E. Hughes (sister)
Sarah L. Hughes (sister)
Gertrude Hughes (sister)
Catherine Hughes (sister)
Romeo Hughes (brother)
Harry Hughes (brother)
Paul Hughes (brother)
Grace (Shell) Hughes (wife)
Garland L. Hughes (son)
Patricia A. Hughes (daughter)
Panierce Hughes (daughter)

More information

Pvt. Harry L. Hughes enlisted at Cp. Croft, South Carolina on 30 November 1943.
He was a weaver before he enlisted.

At the time of his death the 11th Infantry Regiment was engaged in the fighting in the vicinity of Arnaville, France.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in St. James, France.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.ancestry.com – 1920/1930/1940 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record / World War II Young American Patriots / Hughes Oliver Green Family Tree, A footsoldier for Patton / Michael C. Bilder James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry Division in the ETO, www.newspapers.com - The Gaffney Ledger 14 October 1944

Photo source: www.ancestry.com – WWII Young American Patriots