PVT. HACKNEY, Ernest Gordon
Service number: 33903699
Age: 31
Born: May 2, 1913, Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada
Hometown: Election district 5, Harford County, Maryland
Family:
Bernardine A. Hackney (wife)
Rank: Private
Function: Rifleman
Battalion: 23rd Infantry Battalion
Division: 7th Armored Division
Company: A Company
Date of death: 22 December 1944
Status: Killed In Action
Place of death: Saint-Vith, Arrondissement de Verviers, Liège, Belgium
Spot: Just north of Wiesenbach Road, south east of St. Vith
Awards Commendations:
★ World War II Victory Medal
★ Purple Heart
★ Combat Infantryman Badge
★ Marksmanship Badge
★ American Campaign Medalon
★ Army Good Conduct Medal
★ European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign
Grave number: Plot H, Row 3, Grave 18
Cemetery:
Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery and Memorial
Henri-Chapelle, Arrondissement de Verviers, Liège, Belgium
Date of enlistment: January 14, 1942, Baltimore, Maryland
Other information:
Ernest Hackney Immigrated to The United States on the Canadian Pacific Ry. from Coal Branch Canada. Arriving in the U.S on August 30, 1927 in Vanceboro, Maine. He was sworn in on May 2, 1932, Patchogue, New York.
1932, at age 18, he was a student at La Salle Military Academy, Oakdale, Suffolk County, New York.
Service number: 33903699
Age: 31
Born: May 2, 1913, Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada
Hometown: Election district 5, Harford County, Maryland
Family:
Bernardine A. Hackney (wife)
Rank: Private
Function: Rifleman
Battalion: 23rd Infantry Battalion
Division: 7th Armored Division
Company: A Company
Date of death: 22 December 1944
Status: Killed In Action
Place of death: Saint-Vith, Arrondissement de Verviers, Liège, Belgium
Spot: Just north of Wiesenbach Road, south east of St. Vith
Awards Commendations:
★ World War II Victory Medal
★ Purple Heart
★ Combat Infantryman Badge
★ Marksmanship Badge
★ American Campaign Medalon
★ Army Good Conduct Medal
★ European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign
Grave number: Plot H, Row 3, Grave 18
Cemetery:
Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery and Memorial
Henri-Chapelle, Arrondissement de Verviers, Liège, Belgium
Date of enlistment: January 14, 1942, Baltimore, Maryland
Other information:
Ernest Hackney Immigrated to The United States on the Canadian Pacific Ry. from Coal Branch Canada. Arriving in the U.S on August 30, 1927 in Vanceboro, Maine. He was sworn in on May 2, 1932, Patchogue, New York.
1932, at age 18, he was a student at La Salle Military Academy, Oakdale, Suffolk County, New York.
PVT. HACKNEY, Ernest Gordon
Service number: 33903699
Age: 31
Born: May 2, 1913, Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada
Hometown: Election district 5, Harford County, Maryland
Family:
Bernardine A. Hackney (wife)
Rank: Private
Function: Rifleman
Battalion: 23rd Infantry Battalion
Division: 7th Armored Division
Company: A Company
Date of death: 22 December 1944
Status: Killed In Action
Place of death: Saint-Vith, Arrondissement de Verviers, Liège, Belgium
Spot: Just north of Wiesenbach Road, south east of St. Vith
Awards Commendations:
★ World War II Victory Medal
★ Purple Heart
★ Combat Infantryman Badge
★ Marksmanship Badge
★ American Campaign Medalon
★ Army Good Conduct Medal
★ European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign
Grave number: Plot H, Row 3, Grave 18
Cemetery:
Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery and Memorial
Henri-Chapelle, Arrondissement de Verviers, Liège, Belgium
Date of enlistment: January 14, 1942, Baltimore, Maryland
Other information:
Ernest Hackney Immigrated to The United States on the Canadian Pacific Ry. from Coal Branch Canada. Arriving in the U.S on August 30, 1927 in Vanceboro, Maine. He was sworn in on May 2, 1932, Patchogue, New York.
1932, at age 18, he was a student at La Salle Military Academy, Oakdale, Suffolk County, New York.
Service number: 33903699
Age: 31
Born: May 2, 1913, Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada
Hometown: Election district 5, Harford County, Maryland
Family:
Bernardine A. Hackney (wife)
Rank: Private
Function: Rifleman
Battalion: 23rd Infantry Battalion
Division: 7th Armored Division
Company: A Company
Date of death: 22 December 1944
Status: Killed In Action
Place of death: Saint-Vith, Arrondissement de Verviers, Liège, Belgium
Spot: Just north of Wiesenbach Road, south east of St. Vith
Awards Commendations:
★ World War II Victory Medal
★ Purple Heart
★ Combat Infantryman Badge
★ Marksmanship Badge
★ American Campaign Medalon
★ Army Good Conduct Medal
★ European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign
Grave number: Plot H, Row 3, Grave 18
Cemetery:
Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery and Memorial
Henri-Chapelle, Arrondissement de Verviers, Liège, Belgium
Date of enlistment: January 14, 1942, Baltimore, Maryland
Other information:
Ernest Hackney Immigrated to The United States on the Canadian Pacific Ry. from Coal Branch Canada. Arriving in the U.S on August 30, 1927 in Vanceboro, Maine. He was sworn in on May 2, 1932, Patchogue, New York.
1932, at age 18, he was a student at La Salle Military Academy, Oakdale, Suffolk County, New York.
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PVT 23 INF BN 7 ARMD DIV MARYLAND
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