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Thurman E. "Ed" Hughes

Technician 5th Grade Army World War II

Army
Army
Branch of Service
Army
Rank
Technician 5th Grade
Unit
4th Armored Division
Conflict / Era
World War II
Date of Birth
09/26/1924
Date of Death
07/30/2000
Hometown
UNKNOWN, OH
Awards & Decorations
Purple Heart, Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster
Burial Location
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
Monument Paver
No
Township (entering service)
UNKNOWN
Township (current / at death)
UNKNOWN
School
UNKNOWN
Status
Prisoner of War
When
11/25/1944
Where
Germany
Record Authenticated
Yes

Decorations

Purple Heart
Purple Heart

Biography

School: UNKNOWN. serial #35633570; served under General Patton; detained as POW by Germany; no camp information reported on POW record; enlistment record reports residency as Marion Co., OH; buried in Section 68, Site 1907, Arlington National Cemetery; POW

Source: No DD-214 recorded at Union Co. Recorder's Office as of 26 October 2007;Veterans Service Office; G.W. Claar; Obituary File, Marysville Public Library; National Archives; Nationwide Gravesite Locator