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Submitted: 6/30/21 • Approved: 7/1/21 • Last Updated: 7/4/21 • R432439-G0-S3
Texas
TECHNICAL FOURTH CLASS 511 Parachute Infantry
World War II
June 8, 1926-March 29, 1953
Photo/information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary
Two Borger area residents were killed Sunday when their car hit a highway culvert 12 miles east of Borger. The dead were Donald Gene Chilton, 23, of Phillips and Ernest Merlin Hooper, 16 [sic], Borger.
(Published in Lubbock Evening Journal (Lubbock, Texas) - Mon, Mar 30, 1953 - Page 1)
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Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982
Name: Ernest Merlin Hooper
Birth Date: 8 Jun 1926
Birth Place: Itasca, Texas
Gender: Male
Race: White
Residence: Borger, Hutchinson, Texas
Father: Ernest M Hooper
Mother: Thelma Mae Turner
Age at Death: 26
Death Date: 29 Mar 1953
Death Place: Borger, Hutchinson, Texas, USA
Contributed on 6/30/21
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