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Personal info

Full name
HOOK, Edward Joseph
Date of birth
24 July 1914
Age
31
Place of birth
New Albany, Floyd County, Indiana
Hometown
Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky

Military service

Service number
35691266
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
109th Infantry Regiment,
28th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
16 September 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Harspelt, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Edward M. Hook (father)
Mary E. (Bohm) Hook (mother)
Mary E. Hook (sister)
Catherine L. Hook (sister)
Charles J. Hook (brother)
Regina L. Hook (sister)
Matilda D. Hook (sister)
William A. Hook (brother)
Jeanette Hook (sister)
Sarah Hook (sister)
Henrietta J. Hook (wife)

More information

Pfc Edward J. Hook was a general industry clerk before he enlisted in Louisville, Kentucky on 19 December 1942.

He was officially declared dead one year and one day after he was reported missing.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Indiana Birth Certificates / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.findagrave.com
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.findagrave.com - Charging Forward KY