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BONDS, Howard Thomas - Date of
birth
29 September 1917 -
Age
27 - Place of
birth
Hamburg, Franklin County, Mississippi -
Hometown
Franklin County, Mississippi
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
34272642 -
Rank
Private -
Function
Light Machine Gunner -
Unit
A Company,
17th Tank Battalion,
7th Armored Division
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Awards
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Missing in Action - Date of
death
4 October 1944 - Place of
death
Between two woods west of Kijkuit and north of Castle Hattert, east of Overloon, the Netherlands
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten - Walls of the Missing
Immediate family
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Members
Thomas K. Bonds (father)
Iva E. (Aldridge) Bonds (mother)
John V. Bonds (brother)
Robert F. Bonds (brother)
Roy D. Bonds (brother)
Mildred E. (Lyon) Bonds (wife)
More information
Pvt Howard T. Bonds attended high school for three years and was a construction machinery operator.He enlisted at Camp Shelby, Mississippi on 3 March 1942.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, Carla Mans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, http://www.7tharmddiv.org/index.htm
Photo source: Mireille Goedhart, www.ancestry.com, www.findagrave.com - Alton Bonds