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HOWARD T. HUGHES

Record of cremation for Howard T. Hughes in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.  There is no indication of the disposition of the ashes.

Howard enlisted in the Army on 15 April 1943 in Pittsburgh, PA; and after completion of jump school was assigned to the 508th PIR while the regiment was in advanced field training at Camp Mackall, NC.

Pfc Hughes was reported as MIA on 7 June 1944, the day following the invasion of Normandy.  He was taken prisoner by the Germans and held in POW camps for the remainder of the war.