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Personal info

Full name
HUBBARD, Edward Ramsey
Date of birth
18 September 1911
Age
33
Place of birth
Nottoway County, Virginia
Hometown
Hopewell, Virginia

Military service

Service number
33544336
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
104th Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
13 March 1945
Place of death
Near Merzig, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
B 5 13

Immediate family

Members
William T. Hubbard (father)
Murlie E. (Harvey) Hubbard (mother)
Florence O. (Summerell) Hubbard (wife)

More information

Pfc Edward R. Hubbard was employed as manager at the Pender Grocery Company before he enlisted in Richmond, Virginia on 30 November 1943.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments to the head and neck.

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 / Whitfield Freund Family Tree/ U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.fold3.com - 26th Infantry Division
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery, The Hopewell News - 3 April 1945