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name
MAYES, Hugh C - Date of
birth
1924 -
Age
unknown - Place of
birth
Tennessee -
Hometown
Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
34724186 -
Rank
Private -
Function
unknown -
Unit
A Battery,
589th Field Artillery Battalion,
106th Infantry Division
-
Awards
unknown
Death
-
Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
29 March 1945 - Place of
death
Bad Orb, Germany
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| A | 24 | 50 |
Immediate family
-
Members
Audrey C. (Berry) Mayes (wife)
More information
Pvt Hugh C. Mayes attended 2 years of high school and was a stock clerk.He enlisted at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia on 27 February 1943.
He married on 6 April 1944.
According to the POW records he died on the same day that he was taken prisoner.
Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / Tennesee County marriages, www.indianamilitary.org/106ID/SoThinkMenu/106thSTART
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