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HUGHES, Victor L - Date of
birth
2 June 1918 -
Age
26 - Place of
birth
Morgan County, Kentucky -
Hometown
Mount Sterling, Montgomery County, Kentucky
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
7041320 -
Rank
Technical Sergeant -
Function
unknown -
Unit
K Company,
3rd Battalion,
10th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
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Awards
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
5 December 1944 - Place of
death
In the vicinity of Ludweiller, Germany
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| J | 43 | 30 |
Immediate family
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Members
Jules W. Hughes (father)
Lou (Dennison) Hughes (mother)
Carl Hughes (brother)
Vick Hughes (brother)
Ova Hughes (brother)
Ava Hughes (brother)
Virginia Hughes (sister)
Marie Hughes (sister)
More information
T/Sgt Victor L. Hughes joined the Regular Army, on June 20 1940.He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Limey, France.
From an article in Smithsonian magazine, January 2016, page 105, n interview with 91 year-old U.S. Army veteran Ray Halliburtan on his experiences in World War II:
He better remembers his closest friend: T/Sgt Hughes, he was just like a brother. . . ''Next morning he woke me up, told me to get the men up, we're under attack. Germans opened up with machine guns, ta-ta-ta, cutting the grass all around us. Good thing we was laying down''. Sergeant Hughes said, you stay here. I'm going to see what's going on. ''He got up and run about from here to there'', says Ray. They just cut him to pieces.
Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - U.S. Headstone and Interment Record, www.findagrave.com, http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/portrait-american-hero-greatest-generation-180957678/, A footsoldier for Patton / Michael C. Bilder James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry Division in the ETO
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