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Personal info

Full name
HUGHES, Francis
Date of birth
1919
Age
unknown
Place of birth
New York
Hometown
Queens, Queens County, New York

Military service

Service number
32111423
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
109th Infantry Regiment,
28th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
15 November 1944
Place of death
Near Aachen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
A 2 5

Immediate family

Members
Katherine Hughes (mother)

More information

Pvt Francis Hughes enlisted in Jamaica, New York on 2 April 1941.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet