- Branch of Service
- Navy
- Rank
- Fireman First Class
- Unit
- U.S.S. Kanawha
- Conflict / Era
- World War II
- Years of Service
- 04/08/1943
- Date of Birth
- 05/25/1923
- Date of Death
- 04/08/1943
- Hometown
- Marion, OH, OH
- Awards & Decorations
- Purple Heart
- Burial Location
- Tablets of the Missing at Manila American Cemetery, Manila, Philippines
- Monument Paver
- No
- Township (entering service)
- Marion, OH
- Township (current / at death)
- UNKNOWN
- School
- UNKNOWN
- Status
- Killed in Action
- When
- 04/08/1943
- Where
- Guadalcanal
- Record Authenticated
- Yes
Decorations
Biography
School: UNKNOWN. serial #7230466; reported as MIA 05/07/1943; WWII National Registry Honoree file submitted by American Legion lists hometown as "Ohio"; entered the service from Indiana (sister lived in Portland); all other records listed under Marion County article in Marion Star indicates that he attended school at Essex (home of mother) and in Marion (home of father); Application for Compensation filed by father, William Albertis Hough, claim #966763, dated 1/7/1949; MIA/KIA
Source: No DD-214 recorded in Union Co. Recorder's Office as of 26 October 2007;G.W. Claar; Esther Carmany; Marie Bouic; Marion Star; Application for Compensation; World War II National Registry; American Battle Monuments Commission