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FIELDS, Dock Willis - Date of
birth
28 June 1922 -
Age
22 - Place of
birth
McCarr, Pike County, Kentucky -
Hometown
Pike County, Kentucky
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
35641746 -
Rank
Private First Class -
Function
Light Machine Gunner -
Unit
741st Tank Battalion
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Awards
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
5 April 1945 - Place of
death
Hann, Münden, west bank of the Weser River, Germany
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle - Tablets of the Missing
Immediate family
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Members
Riley Fields (father)
Mary Fields (mother)
Myrtie Fields (sister)
Clista Fields (sister)
More information
Pfc Dock W. Fields enlisted in Huntington, West Virginia on 25 November 1942.
Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com,
http://cgsc.content.dm.oclc.org - After Action Report 741st Tank Battalion
Photo source: FOHF, Family collection - courtesy of Victoria P. Young - Genealogy Research Of NC