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HOBBS, Clarence S - Date of
birth
2 September 1911 -
Age
34 - Place of
birth
Canton, Van Zandt County, Texas -
Hometown
Corpus Christi, Nueces County, Texas
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
38140145 -
Rank
Private First Class -
Function
unknown -
Unit
47th Armored Infantry Battalion,
5th Armored Division
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Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Finding of Death - Date of
death
22 September 1945 - Place of
death
Wallendorf, Germany
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg - Tablets of the Missing
Immediate family
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Members
Clarence S. Hobbs (father)
Arah (Fugate) Hobbs (mother)
Francis M. Fugate (stepsister)
Peggy S. Fugate (stepsister)
Dorothy B. Fugate (stepsister)
Faye (Mills) Hobbs (wife)
More information
Pfc Clarence S. Hobbs attended high school for four years and worked as a carpenter before he enlisted in Tyler, Texas on 19 June 1942.He was declared officially dead one day and one year after he was reported missing in action.
Source of information: Nick Lieten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.findagrave.com, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Birth Certificate / 1930 Census / WWII Registration Draft Card / Family Tree, www.5ad.org
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - soilsister, Van Zandt County Genealogy website