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Personal info

Full name
HAWTHORNE, Virgil Nick
Date of birth
21 February 1913
Age
31
Place of birth
Poplar Bluff, Butler County, Missouri
Hometown
St. Louis, Missouri

Military service

Service number
O1324773
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
10th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart

Death

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

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
G 10 25

Immediate family

Members
Herberth H. Hawthorne (father)
Ottie Hawthorne (mother)
Thomas F. Hawthorne (brother)

Source of information: Ralph Peeters, Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – 1920 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil 1942-1949 / Canoy Family Tree, A footsoldier for Patton / Michael C. Bilder James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry Division in the ETO, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Major M, www.newspapers.com - St. Louis Post-Dispatch