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Personal info

Full name
HAWKINS, Joseph Arthur
Date of birth
5 February 1912
Age
33
Place of birth
Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California
Hometown
Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California

Military service

Service number
39229844
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
17th Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
30 March 1945
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
H 15 27

Immediate family

Members
Elias N. Hawkins (father)
Pearl (Crowser) Hawkins (mother)

More information

Pvt Joseph A. Hawkins enlisted in Los Angeles, California on 13 March 1941.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census / California Birth Index

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet