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Personal info

Full name
HATHCOCK, Walter Clay
Date of birth
9 July 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Paragould, Greene County, Arkansas
Hometown
Montgomery, Hot Spring County, Arkansas

Military service

Service number
38599391
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
2nd Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
22 January 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Lipperscheid, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
I 4 16

Immediate family

Members
Thomas G. Hathcock (father)
Cordia (Pique) Hathcock (mother)
Mozell Hathcock (sister)
Chester E. Hathcock (brother)
Edward Hathcock (brother)
Lananda Hathcock (sister)
Martha Hathcock (sister)

More information

Pvt Walter C. Hathcock was a housekeeper before he enlisted.

Source of information: Leo Minne, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.ancestry.com – 1920/1930/1940 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil 1942-1949, A footsoldier for Patton / Michael C. Bilder James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry Division in the ETO, WWII Draft Card
Photo source: Peter Schouteten