Ishmael Hogston

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CENSUS RECORDS

1940 United States Federal Census
Name: Ishmel Hogston
Age: 16
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1924
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birthplace: Virginia
Marital Status: Single
Relation to Head of House: Son in household of Clay and Lola Hogston
Home in 1940: Maiden Spring, Tazewell, Virginia
Inferred Residence in 1935: Maiden Spring, Tazewell, Virginia
Residence in 1935: Same House
Resident on farm in 1935: No
Highest Grade Completed: Elementary school, 5th grade

MILITARY RECORDS

World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946
Name: Ishmael D Hogston
Birth Year: 1924
Race: White, citizen (White)
Nativity State or Country: Virginia
State of Residence: Virginia
County or City: Tazewell

Enlistment Date: 8 Nov 1945
Branch: No branch assignment
Branch Code: No branch assignment
Grade: Private First Class
Grade Code: Private First Class
Term of Enlistment: One year enlistment
Component: Regular Army (including Officers, Nurses, Warrant Officers, and Enlisted Men)
Source: Enlisted Man, Philippine Scout or recall to AD of an enlisted man who had been transferred to the ERC

Education: Grammar school
Civil Occupation: Skilled occupations in manufacture of electrical machinery and accessories, n.e.c.
Marital Status: Single, without dependents

Korean War Casualties, 1950-1957
Name: Ishmael D Hogston
Birth Date: 1924
Gender: Male
Race: Caucasian (White)
Home City: Tazewell
Home State: Virginia
Citizen Status: US Citizen
Death Date: 29 Nov 1950
Processed Date: Nov 1979
Casualty Country: Korea
Casualty Type: Hostile - Died while missing
Casualty Cause: US Army - No Information Available
Casualty Air: US Army - No Information Available

Service Branch: US Army
Component: Reserve (USAR, USNR, USAFR, USMCR, USCGR)
Rank: Corporal


WWI, WWII, and Korean War Casualty Listings
Name: Ishmael D. Hogston
Birth Date: 1924
Birth City: Tazewell
State Registered: Virginia

Death Date: 29 Nov 1950
Death Country: Korea
Death Description: Missing in Action - Presumed Dead

War: Korean War
Title: Sergeant, U.S. Army
Rank: Sergeant
Service: U.S. Army
Service ID: 33647047
Notes: Sergeant Hogston was a member of Headquarters Company, X Corps. He was listed as Missing in Action while fighting the enemy in North Korea on November 29, 1950. He was presumed dead on December 31, 1953. Sergeant Hogston was awarded the Purple Heart, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal and the Korean War Service Medal.
Data Source: Korean War Veterans Honor Roll

Buried:
He is listed on a wall of Korean War casualties at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Hawaii