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Staff Sergeant Josiah A Hogue

Name Josiah A Hogue
Rank Staff Sergeant
Army Serial # 35933780
State Ohio
Date of death 1944-08-23
Plot, Row, Grave G, 16, 10
Cemetery Brittany American Cemetery, St. James, France, Google Maps
Unit 330th Infantry Regiment, 83rd Infantry Division
Awards Bronze StarPurple Heart
Remarks Erwin Derhaag pointed me to a newspaper. From this article partially qouted:

Memorial services for S/Sgt. Josiah Alonzo Hogue, aged 33, of 1805 McGuffey Road , killed in action Aug. 23 in France, will be held at 2:30 p.m. Sunday at the fa miliy residence. Rev. E.W. Bloomquist, pastor of the First Baptist Temple will b e in charge. Sergeant Hogue went into the armed forces Nov. 5, 1943, and oversea s June 15, 1944. He leaves his wife, the former Genevieve Mason, a daughter, Son dra Darlene, his parents, John S. and Maude Russel Hogue; three sisters, Grave a nd Sarah Jane Hogue of Youngstown and Mrs. Lora Wright, Quarkertown, Pa, and a b rother Pvt. Ercell Hogue, Aleutian Islands. He was a graduate of East High Schoo l and employed by the Republic Steel Corporation prior to his induction. The fam ily will meet friends at the residence Sunday afternoon.

The article can be seen below.
Documents - Newspaper article
- Morning report July 19, 1944, L Company, 330th IR, page 33
- Morning report July 19, 1944, L Company, 330th IR, page 34
- Morning report August 1, 1944, L Company, 330th IR, page 1
- Morning report August 23, 1944, L Company, 330th IR, page 27
Grave Soldier
Josiah A Hogue (35933780) Josiah A Hogue (35933780)


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