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Personal info

Full name
HASTINGS, Warren Richard
Date of birth
1 January 1925
Age
20
Place of birth
Illinois
Hometown
Maroa, Macon County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36485722
Rank
Corporal
Function
unknown
Unit
10th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
23 January 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Putscheid-Weiler, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 8 28

Immediate family

Members
Walter R. Hasting (father)
Edith (Boyen) Hastings (mother)
Marion J. Hastings (sister)
Owen L. Hatsings (brother)
Gertrude A. Hastings (sister)
Alice E. Hastings (sister)
Walter W. Hastings (brother)

More information

Warren R. Hastings graduated from Maroa High School and attended Millikin University.

He enlisted in Peoria, Illinois on 25 May 1943. He was sent overseas in November 1944.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil 1942 - 1949 / Chalmers Family Tree, A footsoldier for Patton / Michael C. Bilder James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry Division in the ETO

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.newspapers.com - The Decatur Daily Review