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DODGEN, Hubert Lloyd - Date of
birth
18 November 1917 -
Age
26 - Place of
birth
Winsboro Wood County, Texas -
Hometown
Wood County, Texas
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
20812235 -
Rank
Staff Sergeant -
Function
Squad Leader -
Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
329th Infantry Regiment,
83rd Infantry Division
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Awards
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
1 October 1944 - Place of
death
Near Grevenmacher, Luxembourg
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| C | 19 | 82 |
Immediate family
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Members
Hardee C. Dodgen (father)
Gertrude (Post) Dodgen (mother)
Louise Dodgen (sister)
Jake T. Dodgen (brother)
Martha J. Dodgen (sister)
Billie Ruth Dodgen (sister)
Charlie M. (Clanton) Dodgen (wife)
More information
S/Sgt Hubert L. Dodgen was a lineman for the telephone company before he joined the National Guard in Winnsboro, Texas on 25 November 1940.He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Andilly, France.
S/Sgt Dodgen is remembered at Hopewell Cemetery in Winnsboro, Wood County, Texas with a memorial marker.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / My not so Southern roots / Texas, Birth Certificates, http://83rdinfdivdocs.org, www.findagrave.com – Delene Hoffpauir Allen
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Delene Hoffpauir Allen / Nancy (Folmar) Reykdal / Jeff Hall, Men and Women in the Armed Forces from Wood County, Texas