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Personal info

Full name
HANKEY, George Charles
Date of birth
26 January 1925
Age
20
Place of birth
East Windsor, Essex County, Ontario, Canada
Hometown
Butler, DeKalb County, Indiana

Military service

Service number
35552977
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Truck Driver, Light
Unit
104th Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
1 May 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
K 35 34

Immediate family

Members
George A. Hankey (father)
Victoria G. (Peltier) Hankey (mother)
Clifford J. Hankey (brother)
Olivia D. Hankey (sister)
Wilford O. Hankey (brother)
Imogene J. Hankey (sister)
Donald R. Hankey (brother)
Genevieve F. Hankey (sister)
Alvin O. Hankey (brother)
Virginia Hankey (wife)

More information

Pfc George C. Hankey attended high school for one year and was employed at the Butler Company before he enlisted in Toledo, Ohio on 2 April 1943. He was sent went overseas in August 1944.
He suffered a blast injury primarily to the head on 25 April. He had brain surgery but died of his wounds on 1 May 1945. The exact location where he died is not known.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.findagrave.com – Andy, www.newspapers.com – Garrett Clipper Indiana 9 April 1945/28 May 1945, www.fold3.com – 26th Infantry Division
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Andy / Silvano Theunissen