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Personal info

Full name
HOOKS, Earl
Date of birth
30 November 1907
Age
37
Place of birth
Etowah County, Alabama
Hometown
Howelton, Etowah County, Alabama

Military service

Service number
34168235
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
47th Tank Battalion,
14th Armored Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
19 April 1945
Place of death
Altenthann, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
E 31 43

Immediate family

Members
Melvin M. Hooks (father)
Alluna E. (Street) Hooks (mother)
Nancy L. Hooks (sister)
Ruth A. Hooks (sister)
Eunice E. Hooks (sister)
James O. Hooks (brother)
Vera M. Hooks (sister)
Willie M. Hooks (brother)
Sybil E. Hooks (sister)
Perry W. Hooks (brother)
Carl Hooks (brother)
Margie Hooks (sister)

More information

S/Sgt Earl Hooks attended high school for one year and was an architect before he enlisted at Fort McClellan, Alabama on 21 April 1942.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Sollars Family Tree / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, http://14thad.org
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