Hough, Andrew

1921 - 1942  (21 years)

• Name	Hough, Andrew
  Birth	21 Mar 1921	Mount Vernon, Jefferson County, Illinois
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	HOUG.A006
  _FGRAVE	33974840
  Military Service	World War II, Private First Class, 383rd Infantry Regiment, United States Army  [1, 2, 3]
  	Served as a Private First Class with Company L, 383rd Infantry Regiment at Camp Adair, Oregon. Service dates unknown. Died November 12, 1942. Buried with military honors at Elmwood Cemetery in Flora, Illinois. Also honored at the Elmwood WWII Memorial in that city. (This information has been posted on the National World War II Memorial's Registry of Remembrances website by Robert Medley Gatewood. It is entered here with his permission.) Source: http://www.wwiimemorial.com/Registry/plaque.aspx?honoreeID=1903174
  		United States of America Flag, 48 Stars (1912-1959) In 1912, two stars were added to the United States flag, representing Arizona and New Mexico, bringing the total number of stars to 48. They were arranged in six rows of eight stars each. American fighting men would fight under this flag during four wars: World War I, World War II, the Korean War, and the beginning of the Vietnam War. (In 1959,…
  		United States Army
  		Private First Class, United States Army and United States Army Air Fores (Sep 1942-Aug 1948)
  		United States Army Enlisted Rank Insignia
  		World War II (1939-1945)
  		Lineage and Honors, 383rd Regiment, United States Army
  		Brochure, World War II Memorial, Flora, Illinois, Nov 11, 2007 On Veterans' Day, 2005, the city of Flora, Illinois dedicated a memorial to all known Clay County, Illinois World War II Veterans. Located on the south side of the city library, this is a copy of the brochure honoring that event. This 2007 brochure adds a matrix for locating the memorial brick that was laid in honor of each veteran. …
  		World War II Honoree, Hough, Andrew (1921-1942)
  Death	12 Nov 1942	Camp Adair, Oregon   [3]
  Burial	Elmwood Cemetery, Flora, Clay County, Illinois   [3]
  		Headstone, Hough, Andrew
  		Headstone, Hough, Andrew Displayed with permission of Lady in Black
  Person ID	I43036	Carl Wayne Gray Research
  Last Modified	18 Mar 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 21 Mar 1921 - Mount Vernon, Jefferson County, Illinois Death - 12 Nov 1942 - Camp Adair, Oregon Burial - - Elmwood Cemetery, Flora, Clay County, Illinois  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S15404] Robert Medley Gatewood, Brochure, Flora, Illinois, World War II Veterans Memorial, page #4, (https://genealogy.carlwgray.com/showmedia.php?mediaID=18791) (Reliability: 2). [S14928] World War II Honoree, Andrew Hough (1921-1942), (https://wwiiregistry.abmc.gov/honoree-plaque/?honoree_id=1903174) (Reliability: 2). [S13359] Findagrave.com, Headstone, Hough, Andrew, (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/33974840/andrew-hough), none. (Reliability: 2).