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Personal info

Full name
HAWKINS, Joseph W
Date of birth
1922
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky
Hometown
Elizabethtown, Hardin County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
16040716
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
HQ & HQ Company,
2nd Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
20 February 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Stockem-Schankweiler, west of Bitburg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 11 11

Immediate family

Members
Joseph C. Hawkins (father)
Effie H. (Conn) Hawkins (mother)
Willard Hawkins (brother)
Virginia Hawkins (sister)

More information

Pvt Hawkins enlisted in October, 1939 at Fort Sheridan, Illinois.

In a letter to his mother written on 14 February 1945, he expressed the feeling that under the circumstances at the moment he never knew what the next day might hold in store, but added that he was looking forward to coming home.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – 1920 – 1930 - Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record, A footsoldier for Patton / Michael C. Bilder James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry division in the ETO, www.joedemadio.com, www.newspapers.com - Battle Creek Enquirer
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery, www.newspapers.com - Battle Creek Enquirer