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HUGHES, David Lamert - Date of
birth
12 January 1913 -
Age
31 - Place of
birth
Lansford, Carbon County, Pennsylvania -
Hometown
Lansford, Carbon County, Pennsylvania
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
33834297 -
Rank
Private -
Function
unknown -
Unit
358th Infantry Regiment,
90th Infantry Division
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Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
23 November 1944 - Place of
death
Near Oberleuken, Germany
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg -
Tablets of the Missing
* This soldier has been accounted for. A rosette has been placed next to his name.
Immediate family
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Members
John D. Hughes (father)
Marie R. (Pitten) Hughes (mother)
Margaret A. Hughes (sister)
William P. Hughes (brother)
Fred P. Hughes (brother)
More information
Pvt David L. Hughes enlisted in Allentown, Pennsylvania on 10 November 1943 and went overseas in June to serve with the 90th infantry division in General Patton's Third army. He was a member of First Baptist church in Lansford and employee by Lehigh Navigation Coal Company.He attended high school for 4 years.
He was first buried at Frankfurt Mausoleum Grave 330.
Pvt David L. Hughes' remains have been recovered, identified and interred at the Ardennes American Cemetery. His name is permanently inscribed on the Tablets of the Missing at the Luxembourg American Cemetery and Memorial.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Brian Planz Family Tree, www.newspapers.com - The Morning Call, www.fold3.com - WWII Registration Card
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.findagrave.com - Joel Frampton Gilfert, www.newspapers.com - Mauch Chunk Times News