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Personal info

Full name
HUGHES, Hubert Lee
Date of birth
6 September 1914
Age
30
Place of birth
Hawkins County, Tennessee
Hometown
Sullivan County, Tennessee

Military service

Service number
34982758
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
117th Infantry Regiment,
30th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
17 November 1944
Place of death
Mariadorf, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
F 19 14

Immediate family

Members
Alvin Hughes (father)
Bessie K. Hughes (mother)
Carl E. Hughes (brother)
James A. Hughes (brother)
Ina Hughes (sister)
Mary Hughes (sister)
Ruth Hughes (sister)
Graham (Price) Hughes (wife)
Phyllis Hughes (daughter)

More information

Pfc Hubert L. Hughes was employed by the Mason and Dixon Lines in Kingsport before he enlisted on 9 March 1944 and was sent overseas in August 1944.

His brother, Carl E. Hughes, is buried next to him.

Source of information: FOHF, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com, 1930 US Census, Rogersville Review - 11 January 1945, ETVA

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Jurgen Mingels, Rogersville Review - 11 January 1945