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orld War I Veteran from Shelby County, Texas. Served with Battery C., 132 Field Artillery with eight months in France.
Timeline
Birth- 4 Dec 1895
Shelbyville, Shelby County, Texas
1914 - 1918World War I- Ages: 23 - 22 years
Served For
United States of America
Conflict Period
World War I
Branch
Army
Rank
Corporal
Enlistment- 19 July 1917-Age: 22 years
Camp Bowie, Fort Worth, Texas
Private
Discharge- 10 Apr 1919-Age: 23 years
Camp Stuart, Virginia
Corporal
Stationed
France
Corporal
Battery C, 132 Field Artillery, 36 Infantry Division
Award
World War I Victory Medal
Marriage- 11 June 1925-Age: 30 years
Graford, Texas
Florence Lee
Death- 30 Apr 1962-Age: 66 years
Hemorrhage
Nice, France
Burial- 7 May 1962
Elmwood Memorial Park, Abilene, Texas
Other Facts
Full Name
Fred Craft Hughes
Father
Aquilla Ballard Hughes (1874-1951 age 77)
Full Name
Fred Craft Hughes
Mother
Sarah Jane Davis Hughes (1876-1942 age 65)
Sibling
Brothers: Walter Hervey, James McCain, Leon Weldon and Aquilla Ballard, Jr.
Sibling
Sisters: Phenie Levora, Corine, Eunice Adell, Nora Elizabeth, leona Mae & Sybil Eldon.
Gender
Male
Place of Residence
Texas
Race or Ethnicity
White
