The USS North Carolina (BB-55) My all-time favorite warship. As an elementary school student in North Carolina, I donated nickels and dimes to save this ship back in the early sixties.

Tuesday, June 23, 2020

Pvt. Bedford Hoback, Missing In Action at D-Day


From Find A Grave.

Birth:  15 September 1913, Bedford County, Virginia

Death:  6 June 1944 (aged 30)  Departement  du Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France

Burial:  Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial   Colleville-sur-Mer, Departement du Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France.

Killed in action June 6, 1944, Normandy, France.  Brother of Raymond Hoback; Regimental Combat Team, 29th Infantry Division; awarded Purple Heart; buried in U.S. Military Cemetery, Normandy, France.

--GreGen


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