Privates Bedford and Raymond Hoback of Bedford, Va., Both Killed at D-Day, June 6, 1944

I went to Find a Grave for this.  And, was it sad.   Go to either the listing for the father, John Samuel Hoback (1894-1977) or mother, Macie E. Robertson Hoback (1888-1972) and under children you will see the names:

Bedford Turner Hoback   1913-1944
Mabel Frances Hoback Phelps   1915-2111
Elsie Leachman Hoback Davis    1918-2012
Raymond S. Hoback    1920-1944
Giles Cecil Hoback 1931-2005

The whole family was long-lived except for Raymond and Bedford.

For some reason they don't have Lucille Hoback Boggess, their sister listed.  She was the one who was interviewed in the previous article on Bedford, Virginia.

All are buried in Virginia, except Bedford and Raymond.  Bedford in buried at Normandy American Cemetery and memorial at Colleville-sur-Mer, France.  Raymond's body was never recovered and thought to have been swept out to sea.  He is listed at the Garden of the Missing at the same cemetery as his brother.

The pictures of the two men is at right of this entry.

--GreGen