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Personal info

Full name
HOOBING, Raymond Ellis
Date of birth
15 July 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Buhl, Twin Falls County, Idaho
Hometown
Moscow, Latah County, Idaho

Military service

Service number
O-539807
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
261st Infantry Regiment,
65th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
2 May 1945
Place of death
Passau, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
D 35 28

Immediate family

Members
Leslie M. Hoobing (father)
Elizabeth Hoobing (mother)
Lessene E. Hoobing (sister)
Alice M. (Taylor) Hoobing (wife)

More information

1st Lt Raymond E. Hoobing attended college for three years. He joined the U.S. Army Reserve at Fort Lewis, Washington on 19 April 1943.

He was married to Alice M. Taylor on 30 May 1943.

He was awarded the Bronze Star Medal posthumously. The citation stated: Lt Hoobing, while in the act of throwing a grenade, was mortally wounded by a burst of machine-gun fire. However, as a result of Lt Hoobing's efforts, the tank was subsequently recovered.

Source of information: Nick Lieten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930/1940 Census / Marriage Certificate / U.S. WWII Draft Card, www.findagrave.com, www.newspapers.com - The Times-News (Twin Falls, Idaho) 17 August 1945 / The Times-News (Twin Falls, Idaho) 13 June 1943
Photo source: www.findagrave.com, www.e-yearbook.com - University of Idaho 1943 / Buhl High School 1937