Gideon (Gideion) Samuel Hawk was born on 2 February 1920, the son of Gideion Samuel Hawk and Susan M. Jenkins.
Died non battle on 9 May 1944 in Atlanta, Georgia
Buried in the Chattanooga National Cemetery, Y, 31
Sergeant
117th Infantry Regiment, Company C
The Chattanooga Daily Times, 10 May 1944
Gideion Samuel Hawk, 24, died Tuesday in Atlanta, Ga. Survivors: wife, Loretta Gossett Hawk; three sisters, Nancy Jo Hawk, Mrs. Mary Helen Adams, both of Chattanooga; Mrs. Drucilla Goodner, Cleveland, Tenn.; Pfc. Billy Hawk, USMC.
| Gideon is my mother’s (Nancy Jo Hawk) oldest brother. There was another brother not listed in the obituary, Eugene. Nancy was the youngest of the siblings.–Ed Hunter, Nephew |
- Rank: Sergeant
- Date of birth: 2 February 1920
- Date of death: 9 May 1944
- County: Bradley
- Service Branch: Army/Army Air Forces
- Division/Assignment: 117th Infantry Regiment, Company C
- Conflict: World War II
- Burial/Memorial Location: Chattanooga National Cemetery, Chattanooga, TN
- Location In Memorial: Pillar VII, Top Panel
- Sponsored by: Ed Hunter, Nephew
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