Name:
Lee R. Hughes
Rank:
Private
Serial Number:
6985122
Unit:
16th Engineer Battalion, 1st Armored Division
Date of Death:
1942-07-31
State:
Kentucky
Cemetery:
Cambridge American Cemetery, United Kingdom
Plot:
D
Row:
3
Grave:
6
Decoration:
Comments:
Lee R. Hughes entered the military service in Kentucky. He served in the 16th Engineer Battalion, 1st Armored Division as a Private during World War II. He died on July 31, 1942 and was buried first in the Lisnabreeny Former American Military Cemetery in England. The cemetery closed in 1948 and his remains were exhumed and transferred. PVT Hughes is buried now in the Cambridge American Cemetery, Cambridge, United Kingdom.