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Personal info

Full name
HUTCHENS, Hugh
Date of birth
5 September 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Cherokee, Benton County, Arkansas
Hometown
Muskogee County, Oklahoma

Military service

Service number
38322986
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
3rd Tank Battalion,
10th Armored Division
Awards
unknown

Death

Status
Died non-Battle
Date of death
19 February 1945
Place of death
Limburg an der Lahn, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
C 12 33

Immediate family

Members
Arch Hutchens (father)
Vinnie (Prim) Hutchens (mother)
Ruth Hutchens (sister)
Richard Hutchens (brother)
Selma Hutchens (sister)
Robert L. Hutchens (brother)
Arthur R. Hutchens (brother)

More information

Hugh Hutchens enlisted on 19 November 1942 in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

He was taken prisoner on 19 December 1944 and died as at Stalag XII-A.

Source of information: Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - WWII Draft Card / 1940 US Census

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Mary Kirby, Peter Schouteten