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Personal info

Full name
HOBBS, Robert Hopkins Jr
Date of birth
23 July 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Kannapolis, Cabarrus County, North Carolina
Hometown
Cabarrus County, North Carolina

Military service

Service number
34864927
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
22nd Infantry Regiment,
4th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
10 February 1945
Place of death
Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
E 4 59

Immediate family

Members
Robert H. Hobbs (father)
Florence E (Widenhouse) Hobbs (mother)
Virginia Hobbs (wife)

More information

Pfc Robert H. Hobbs Jr. enlisted in May 1944.

Source of information: FOHF, Carla Mans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - A History of Cabarrus County in the wars / Family Tree / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.findagrave.com