Records for Charles A Hooks (34854928) - 83rd Infantry Division Documents

Name	Hooks, Charles A
Rank	Private First Class
Army Serial #	34854928
State	Connecticut
Date of death	1944-12-08
Plot, Row, Grave	H, 3, 65
Cemetery	Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery, Henri-Chapelle, Belgium , Google Maps
Role	MOS 745 Rifleman
Unit	A Company, 331st Infantry Regiment, 83rd Infantry Division
Awards

Additional information
The 331st Casualty Report (page 2, #48) for 1944 lists Private First Class Hooks as member of A Co. The morning report confirms this. Private First Class Hooks was a member of A Company. The morning report for July 22, 1944 on page 42, 43 and 44 lists him joining the unit from the 48th Replacement Battalion on July 20, 1944 while holding the rank of Private. The morning report for August 12, 1944 on page 20 lists him as lightly wounded in action and transferred to the 104th Evacuation Hospital on August 11, 1944. The pages can be seen below. Since have no later documents we assume that Private First Class Hooks died while serving in A Company.

Morning reports
1944-07-22	PVT	Assigned and joined from 48th Replacement Battalion as of July 20, 1944	745	A / 331	view page
1944-08-12	PFC	Lightly wounded in action and transferred to 104th Evacuation Hospital on August 11, 1944	745	A / 331	view page
1944-09-09	PFC	Assigned and joined from 104th Evacuation Hospital as of September 9, 1944	745	A / 331	view page
1944-10-01	PFC	Non battle casualty and transferred to 110th Evacuation Hospital on September 30, 1944	745	A / 331	view page
1944-10-16	PFC	Assigned and joined from 110th Evacuation Hospital as of October 15, 1944	745	A / 331	view page
1944-12-10	PFC	Killed in action on December 8, 1944	745	A / 331	view page

General Orders
GO #	Rank	Award	Page
331 / 1944 / #11	PFC	Combat Infantry Badge awarded for exemplary conduct in action against the enemy in France.	view page
83 / 1944 / #45	PFC	Purple Heart awarded for wounds received in action on August 11, 1944 in France.	view page