Hobbs, Andrew J., SGT

Fallen

Photo In Uniform

Service Details

Last Rank
Sergeant

Last Service Branch
Infantry

Last Primary MOS
604-Light Machine Gunner

Last MOS Group
Infantry

Primary Unit
1944-1944, 604, 101st Airborne Division

Service Years
1941 - 1944

Last Photo

Personal Details

Home State

Georgia

Year of Birth
1920

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Casualty Info

Home Town Mount Auburn	Last Address McDuffie County, Georgia
Casualty Date Dec 27, 1944
Cause KIA-Died of Wounds	Reason Gun, Small Arms Fire
Location Belgium	Conflict WWII - European Theater of Operations/Ardennes Alsace Campaign (1944-45)/Battle of the Bulge

Official Badges

Unofficial Badges

Military Associations and Other Affiliations


	1944, World War II Fallen

Ribbon Bar

Unit Assignments


	1942-1943, 604, HHC, 3rd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR)
	1943-1944, 604, HHC, 3rd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR)
	1944-1944, 604, HHC, 3rd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR)
	1944-1944, 604, 101st Airborne Division

Combat and Non-Combat Operations


	1944-1944 WWII - European Theater of Operations/Normandy Campaign (1944)/Operation Overlord/D-Day Beach Landings - Operation Neptune
	1944-1944 WWII - European Theater of Operations/Rhineland Campaign (1944-45)/Operation Market Garden
	1944-1944 WWII - European Theater of Operations/Ardennes Alsace Campaign (1944-45)

Additional Information

Last Known Activity:

Sgt. A.J. Hobbs entered the Army on 11 July 1941 at Fort McPherson, Atlanta, Georgia.

At the time of his loss, Sgt. Hobbs was serving with Company G, 3rd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment.

His unit parachuted into Normandy on 6 June 1944. Later, parachuted into Holland in Operation Market Garden.

He was killed on 27 December 1944 in the Ardennes, (Battle of the Bulge).

He was interred in Fort Creek Baptist Cemetery, Dearing, Georgia.