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Personal info

Full name
HUGHES, Henry A
Date of birth
1916
Age
unknown
Place of birth
England
Hometown
The Bronx, Bronx County, New York

Military service

Service number
O1316868
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
10th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

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

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
F 10 37

Immediate family

Members
Richard H. Hughes (father)
Gertrude W. Hughes (mother)
Alfred W. Hughes (brother)
Margaret C. Hughes (sister)
Gertrude W. Hughes (sister)
Marjorie A. Hughes (wife)

More information

1st Lt Henry A. Hughes worked as a mechanic before he enlisted at Fort Jay, New York on 31 August 1942.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Records 1942-1949, A footsoldier for Patton / Michael C. Bilder James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry Division in the ETO

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