Young George entered service in June 1941. He was sent overseas in 1942 and was assigned to B Company 116th Infantry. He was with that unit on the day of the great amphibious assault on "fortress Europe". He was killled in action on that day, 6 Jun 1944.
PFC Hawn is buried in the Gettysburg National Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
His mother died in 1945.
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