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Personal info

Full name
HUGHES, Murwin R
Date of birth
29 August 1910
Age
34
Place of birth
Avoca, Steuben County, New York
Hometown
Niagara County, New York

Military service

Service number
32134593
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
51st Armored Infantry Battalion,
4th Armored Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
22 November 1944
Place of death
Dieuze, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 15 47

Immediate family

Members
Arthur S. Hughes (father)
Edna M. (Charlesworth) Hughes (mother)
Hazel L. Hughes (sister)
Harold H. Hughes (brother)
Adella S. Hughes (sister)
Doris M. Hughes (sister)
Eva J. Hughes (sister)
Orlo C. Hughes (brother)
Victor C. Hughes (brother)
Howard F. Hughes (brother)

More information

Pvt Murvin R. Hughes enlisted in Buffalo, New York on 16 June 1941.

He was wounded in action in France on 13 August 1944, but had written his parents that he had returned to combat duty.

He died in an Army hospital in France from wounds, sustained on the same day.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Limey, France.

His brother, Victor C. Hughes, was killed in action on 13 July 1944 and is buried at Normandy American Cemetery in Colleville-sur-Mer in France.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1930/1940 Census / Hughes Family Tree / Headstone and Interment Records, AAR 51st AIB August 44 thru May 1945, www.newspapers.com - Star Gazette

Photo source: www.ancestry.com - elainejo2004