George Raymond HACKETT
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NUMBER OF SERVICE | 37665637 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
AGE | 20 yo | |||||||||||||||||||||||
DATE OF BIRTH | 19 march 1924 Greene, Butler County IOWA | |||||||||||||||||||||||
ENLISTMENT STATE | IOWA | |||||||||||||||||||||||
FAMILY |
Parents : Mr & Mrs George HACKETT Sister : Mary Jane Brother : Robert | |||||||||||||||||||||||
RANK | Private First Class | |||||||||||||||||||||||
FONCTION | Infantry Man | |||||||||||||||||||||||
JOB BEFORE ENLISTEMENT | Farmer | |||||||||||||||||||||||
DATE of ENLISTEMENT | 16 march 1943 Camp Dodge Herrold IOWA | |||||||||||||||||||||||
COMPANY | Company H | |||||||||||||||||||||||
BATTALION | 2nd Battalion | |||||||||||||||||||||||
REGIMENT | 330th Infantry Regiment | |||||||||||||||||||||||
DIVISION | 83rd Infantry Division | |||||||||||||||||||||||
DATE OF DEATH | 11 July 1944 |
Source : Abmc.com | ||||||||||||||||||||||
STATUS | KIA | |||||||||||||||||||||||
PLACE OF DEATH | La lande | |||||||||||||||||||||||
CEMETERY TEMPORARY |
CEMTERY TEMPORARY of Ste Mère Eglise #2 N°3586
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CEMETERY | NORMANDY AMERICAN CEMETERY of Colleville | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source : Brian Jodi Kueker |
Private First-Class George R “Raymond” Hacket, born 19 Mar 1924 in Hardin, Greene County, Iowa, was the son of George E and Josephine Mathilda (Riehl) Hacket of Scranton, Greene County, Iowa. Scranton is 66 miles northwest of Des Moines.
In the 1925 Iowa state census 1 year old George is living with his parents and siublings Mary Jane 4, and Robert 2, on a farm in Hardin Township, Greene County, Iowa. Hardin Township is 59 miles NNW of Des Moines.
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In the 1930 census 6-year-old George is living with his parents and siblings Mary Jane 9, and Robert 7, in Hardin Township, Greene County Iowa. His father is a general farmer.
In the 1940 census 16-year-old Raymond is living with his parents and siblings Mary Jane 19, and Robert 17, still on the farm in Hardin Township.
In March 1942 17-year-old George is working in a labor gang for the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad, now living in Scranton, 15 mi WSW of the farm in Hardin Township.
George turned 18 on 19 Mar 1942 and registered for the draft.
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Source : Brian Jodi Kueker | |||||||||||||||||||||||
George enlisted 16 Mar 1943 at Camp Dodge, Herrold, Johnson County, Iowa. Not sure how he stayed out of the military for another year after his 18th birthday unless his work for the C&NW Railroad was deemed essential to the war effort. Camp Dodge is on the northeast side of Des Moines. He’d had a grammar school education and was single without dependents. His civil occupation was listed under farm hands, general farms.
In early July 1944 the 330th IR was 1.8 miles southwest of Carentan moving south with the 9th ID on their left flank and the 90th ID on their right flank. On 11 July they were west of the D-29 south of Hotot and north of Les Landes so we can assume Pfc Hacket was killed somewhere near Les Landes six miles south of Carentan.
Looks like there is a mistake in the NARA WWII casualty listings by state and county. Being from Scranton (Iowa), somebody assumed George was from Scranton, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania. Pfc George R Hacket (with the correct Army Serial Number 37665637) is listed from Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania as killed in action.
Brother Robert was a Navy corpsman and survived the war.
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Source : Brian Jodi Kueker |
Source : Fold 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Source : 83rdinfdivdocs.org | July 10 Battle Report | |||||||||||||||||||||||
83rd INFANTRY DIVISION - THUNDERBOLT
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Brother's George R | Robert HACKETT
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ARMY SERIAL NUMBER | -- |
Source : Brian Jodi Kueker |
AGE | --- yo | |
DATE OF BIRTH | -- | |
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FAMILY |
Parents : Mr & Mrs George HACKETT Soeur : Mary Jane Frère : George R | |
UNIT | US Navy | |
SOURCE INFORMATION & SOURCE PHOTO | Facebook.com |
SOURCE INFORMATION & SOURCE PHOTO | Aad.archives.gov - Abmc.gov - Findagrave.com - Brian Jodi Kueker - 83rdinfdivdocs.org |
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PROGRAMMER | Henri, Garrett, Clive, Frédéric & Renaud |