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Personal info

Full name
HURT, Alvin Verloin
Date of birth
7 September 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana
Hometown
Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana

Military service

Service number
35899281
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
Anti-Tank Company,
101st Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
13 November 1944
Place of death
Metz, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
J 15 21

Immediate family

Members
John W. Hurt (father)
Zelma M. (Johnson) Hurt (mother)
Eugene V. Hurt (brother)
Lester R. Hurt (brother)
Herbert R. Hurt (brother)
Evelyn L. Hurt (sister)
Hazel D. Hurt (sister)

More information

Pvt Alvin V. Hurt attended Arsenal Technical High School and was employed at the Packard Manufacture Company before he enlisted in Indianapolis, Indiana on 20 November 1943.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments.

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

His brother Lester served with the U.S. Marine Corps and Herbert served in the ETO.

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 Draft Cards Young Men / 1930 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.findagrave.com, After Action Report 26th Infantry Division, www.newspapers.com - The Indianapolis News 20 January 1945
Photo source: -, www.newspapers.com - The Indianapolis News 20 January 1945