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2LT Harry Mears Hobbins Jr.
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2LT Harry Mears Hobbins Jr. Veteran

Birth
Oak Park, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Death
7 Feb 1943 (aged 23)
At Sea
Monument
Coton, South Cambridgeshire District, Cambridgeshire, England Add to Map
Plot
Tablets of the Missing: USMC Panel
Memorial ID
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Harry was a Second Lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps.

Service # O-011487

He entered the Service from Illinois

Buried at Sea- from USS Henry R. Mallory, en route to Liverpool. The ship was torpedoed and sunk off Iceland on February 7, 1943, with great loss of life.He was pulled from the water by the rescue ship but died aboard and was then buried at sea on the same day. .All those commemorated on this panel at Cambridge were victims of this tragedy.

Awards: Purple Heart.
Harry was a Second Lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps.

Service # O-011487

He entered the Service from Illinois

Buried at Sea- from USS Henry R. Mallory, en route to Liverpool. The ship was torpedoed and sunk off Iceland on February 7, 1943, with great loss of life.He was pulled from the water by the rescue ship but died aboard and was then buried at sea on the same day. .All those commemorated on this panel at Cambridge were victims of this tragedy.

Awards: Purple Heart.

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