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Personal info

Full name
HUMPHREY, Henry Shaw
Date of birth
22 August 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Jefferson County, Mississippi
Hometown
Lorman, Jefferson County, Mississippi

Military service

Service number
34989538
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
114th Infantry Regiment,
44th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
2 December 1944
Place of death
Near Strasbourg, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
F 13 17

Immediate family

Members
Shaw W. Humphrey (father)
Janie B. Humphrey (mother)
Walter Humphrey (brother)
Mildred Humphrey (sister)
Ethel Humphrey (sister)
Velmer Humphrey (sister)
Mertice Humphrey (sister)
Helen Humphrey (sister)

More information

Pvt Henry S. Humphrey worked on a farm before he enlisted in Camp Shelby, Mississippi on 29 April 1944.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments to his buttock and hip.

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

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1930 Census, www.findagrave.com
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