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HAWTHORNE, Henry Russell - Date of
birth
18 September 1923 -
Age
21 - Place of
birth
Leake County, Mississippi -
Hometown
Carthage, Leake County, Mississippi
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
34625526 -
Rank
Private First Class -
Function
unknown -
Unit
K Company,
3rd Battalion,
134th Infantry Regiment,
35th Infantry Division
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Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
28 January 1945 - Place of
death
Near Wingen-sur-Moder, France
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| H | 9 | 92 |
Immediate family
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Members
Anthony W. Hawthorne (father)
Emma E. (Murphy) Hawthorne (mother)
Hope Hawthorne (sister)
More information
Pfc Henry R. Hawthorne attended high school for four years before he enlisted at Camp Shelby, Mississippi on 9 March 1943.He was killed by artillery shell fragments.
Pfc Hawthorne is remembered at the Pleasant Grove Cemetery in Conway, Leake County, Mississippi.
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 / U.S. Hospital Admission Card, After Action Report 35th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - Martha
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery, www.ancestry.com - rlaw865