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Personal info

Full name
HOBSON, Sherman James
Date of birth
11 May 1908
Age
36
Place of birth
Liberty, Montgomery County, Kansas
Hometown
Liberty, Montgomery County, Kansas

Military service

Service number
37156606
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
I Company,
3rd Battalion,
358th Infantry Regiment,
90th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
7 December 1944
Place of death
Near Oberlimberg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
J 43 23

Immediate family

Members
Lawrence Hobson (father)
Ida M. (Vanburen) Hobson (mother)
Vernice E. Hobson (sister)
Carl W. Hobson (brother)
Roy M. Hobson (brother)
John H. Hobson (brother)
Myrtle Hobson (sister)
Mable Hobson (sister)
Doris P. Hobson (sister)

More information

Pfc Sherman J. Hobson was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Limey, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1920/1930 Census / B Family Tree / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men

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