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Personal info

Full name
HUGHES, Carl Earl
Date of birth
17 February 1911
Age
33
Place of birth
Rogersville, Hawkins County, Tennessee
Hometown
Rogersville, Hawkins County, Tennessee

Military service

Service number
34041179
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
248th Field Artillery Battalion
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 June 1944
Place of death
North of Rome, Italy

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
F 19 13

Immediate family

Members
Alvin Hughes (father)
Bessie K. Hughes (mother)
Hubert L. Hughes (brother)
James A. Hughes, Jr (brother)
Ina Hughes (sister)
Mary Hughes (sister)
Ruth Hughes (sister)

More information

Pfc Carl E. Hughes enlisted on 5 April 1941.

He was already a member of his unit during the campaigns North Africa, Salerno and at Cassino.

At the request of his family, he was buried next to his brother Hubert.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, WWII Draft Card, Rogersville Review - 11 January 1945

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