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Personal info

Full name
HAYES, Bert C
Date of birth
24 July 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Livingston, Rockcastle County, Kentucky
Hometown
Liberty, Crawford County, Indiana

Military service

Service number
35699475
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
Squad Leader
Unit
A Company,
49th Armored Infantry Battalion,
8th Armored Division,
1st Platoon
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
5 March 1945
Place of death
Rheinberg, Wesel, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
L 18 11

Immediate family

Members
George W. Hayes (father)
Leatha (Summers) Hayes (mother)
John H. Hayes (half brother)
Mildred C. Hayes (wife)

More information

S/Sgt Bert C. Hayes attended high school for two years.

He enlisted at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Marion County, Indiana on 23 March 1943.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.8th-armored.org, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Trava Hurst Family Tree, Indiana Michigan Army Casualties - 2 April 1945 - Vigo County Library

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, photo donated by family to the Crawford County Public Library where it is on display (provided to us by Lori Samuelson NCBT & Genealogist), James Humphrey