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Personal info

Full name
HEWITT, John Raymond
Date of birth
1919
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Gogebic County, Michigan
Hometown
Everett, Snohomish County, Washington

Military service

Service number
O1289732
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
30th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
8 November 1944
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 24 12

Immediate family

Members
Wayland D. Hewitt (father)
Raunah G. Hewitt (mother)
Wayland Hewitt (brother)
Mary A. Hewitt (sister)
Margaret E. Hewitt (sister)
Leroy G. Hewitt (brother)
Harris H. Hewitt (brother)
Ellen C. (Jordan) Hewitt (wife)

More information

1st Lt John R. Hewitt attended high school for 4 years and was an actor when he joined the National Guard on 16 September 1940.

The exact date when he was reported wounded in action and the location where he died is not known.

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

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy