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Personal info

Full name
HAMBY, O D
Date of birth
1912
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Tennessee
Hometown
Shelby County, Tennessee

Military service

Service number
14016408
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
E Company,
2nd Battalion,
66th Armored Regiment,
2nd Armored Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart,
French Croix de Guerre with Bronze Star

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
18 September 1944
Place of death
Netherlands

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
G 5 47

Immediate family

Members
Eva Hamby (mother)

More information

S/Sgt O.D. Hamby was killed by small arms fire in the chest.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Fosse, Belgium two days later.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Carla Mans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record

Photo source: Dirk van Roelen