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Personal info

Full name
HAWKE, Wilbur C
Date of birth
20 January 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Lorain, Lorain County, Ohio
Hometown
Lorain, Lorain County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35925059
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
30th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
30 October 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of St. Dié, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 43 37

Immediate family

Members
Charles W. Hawke (father)
Helen M. (Clement) Hawke (mother)
Chester J. Hawke (brother)
Charles E. Hawke (brother)
Allison E. Hawke (sister)

More information

Pvt Wilbur C. Hawke attended Brunswick High School and worked on the family farm.
He enlisted in Cleveland, Ohio on 28 December 1943.
He was killed by artillery shell fragments.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.comwww.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men / US WW2 Hospital Admission Cards, History 3rd Infantry Division WWII
Photo source: www.findagrave - Andy