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<span class=prefix>SSGT</span> Albert Edmond Hawks
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SSGT Albert Edmond Hawks Veteran

Birth
Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas, USA
Death
24 Oct 1944 (aged 34)
Philippines
Monument
Manila, Capital District, National Capital Region, Philippines Add to Map
Plot
Tablets of the Missing
Memorial ID
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U. S. Army Service No. (ASN): #17019502

Entered the Service from: Kansas

Headquarters Company, US Air Force, Far East

Awards: Purple Heart


Albert E. Hawks is listed as Killed In Action in the 1946 Army and Army Air Forces Personnel Casualty List for Shawnee County, Kansas


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Albert Hawks was a POW and killed in the torpedoing of the Arisan Maru on October 24, 1944. It's reported he was shot trying to escape the ship as it was sinking. He was a recipient of the Purple Heart.



U. S. Army Service No. (ASN): #17019502

Entered the Service from: Kansas

Headquarters Company, US Air Force, Far East

Awards: Purple Heart


Albert E. Hawks is listed as Killed In Action in the 1946 Army and Army Air Forces Personnel Casualty List for Shawnee County, Kansas


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Albert Hawks was a POW and killed in the torpedoing of the Arisan Maru on October 24, 1944. It's reported he was shot trying to escape the ship as it was sinking. He was a recipient of the Purple Heart.





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  • Maintained by: Eric Ackerman
  • Originally Created by: War Graves
  • Added: Aug 8, 2010
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56760839/albert_edmond-hawks: accessed ), memorial page for SSGT Albert Edmond Hawks (18 Dec 1909–24 Oct 1944), Find a Grave Memorial ID 56760839, citing Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, Manila, Capital District, National Capital Region, Philippines; Maintained by Eric Ackerman (contributor 48445240).