Name:
Jack LaVerne Hedges
Rank:
Private First Class
Serial Number:
889034
Unit:
19th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division
Date of Death:
1944-07-22
State:
Kansas
Cemetery:
National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, USA
Plot:
Section F
Row:
0
Grave:
104
Decoration:
Purple Cross
Comments:
Jack La Verne Hedges was born on May 20, 1925. He was the son of James Fredrick Hedges and Corinne Rockey Cox.
He served in Company C, 1st Battalion, 19th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division as a Private First Class during World War II. He was Killed in Action on July 22, 1944, during the Battle for Guam.
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