Name:
Marshall Hughes
Rank:
Second Lieutenant
Serial Number:
O-1060428
Unit:
505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne
Date of Death:
1945-01-03
State:
Illinois
Cemetery:
Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery, Belgium
Plot:
D
Row:
8
Grave:
50
Decoration:
Purple Heart
Comments:
Marshall Hughes was born in 1922 in Lake County, Illinois. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II as a Second Lieutenant in the 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division. He was Killed in Action on January 3, 1945, just 11 days after joining his unit in Belgium and is now buried in Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery, Hombourg, Belgium.