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EVANS, Hoke Barron - Date of
birth
31 May 1924 -
Age
20 - Place of
birth
Jasper, Pickens County, Georgia -
Hometown
Cartersville, Bartow County, Georgia
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
34766284 -
Rank
Private First Class -
Function
unknown -
Unit
H Company,
2nd Battalion,
12th Infantry Regiment,
4th Infantry Division
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Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster
Death
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Status
Finding of Death - Date of
death
17 September 1944 - Place of
death
unknown
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle - Tablets of the Missing
Immediate family
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Members
Hoyt B. Evans (father)
Effie B. Evans (mother)
More information
Pfc Hoke B. Evans attended one year of high school and was working as a farm hand.He enlisted on 1 April 1943 at Fort McPherson Atlanta, Georgia.
Pfc Evans is remembered with a memorial marker at Friendship Baptist Church Cemetery in Pickens County, Georgia.
Source of information: Astrid van Erp, Terry Hirsch, Danny van der Groen, Carla Mans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men
Photo source: Astrid van Erp, www.findagrave.com