Name:
O. D. Hamby
Rank:
Staff Sergeant
Serial Number:
1406408
Unit:
66th Armored Regiment, 2nd Armored Division
Date of Death:
1944-09-18
State:
Tennessee
Cemetery:
Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery, Belgium
Plot:
G
Row:
5
Grave:
47
Decoration:
Bronze Star, Purple Heart, French Croix de Guerre with Bronze Star
Comments:
O. D. Hamby entered military service in Tennessee. He served in the 66th Regiment, 2nd Armored Division as a Staff Sergeant during World War II. He died on September 18, 1944, and is now buried in the Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery, Hombourg, Belgium. SSgt Hamby was one of the 65 soldiers killed in battle during the liberation of the Limburg region of the Netherlands and Belgium.