DEATH CERTIFICATE

DEWEY COMBS

Date  03 June 1944
Cert:  14814 
Place of Death: County:  Perry      City or Town:  Hazard
Name of Hospital or Institution: Hazard Hospital 
Length of stay in hospital or community:  (blank)
Usual Residence of Deceased: State: Ky.     County: Knott
City or Town:  Talcum      Rural
Full Name:  Dewey COMBS 
If Veteran Name War:  (blank)
Social Security No.:  (blank)
Sex, Color or Race, Marital Status: Males, White, Married
Husband or Wife of:   (blank) 
Age of husband or wife if alive:  (blank)
Birth date of deceased:  20 April 1921 
Age:  23 years,  01 months,  13 days
Birthplace:  Knott Co., Ky. 
Occupation:  Soldier 
Industry or business:  (blank)
Father Name:  Lee COMBS 
Father Birthplace:  Ky. 
Mother Maiden Name:  Margaurette COMBS
Mother Birthplace:  Ky. 
Informant:  Mrs. Dewey COMBS, Talcum, Ky.
Burial Place:  Talcum, Ky. 
Date:  05 June 1944 
Signature of funeral director: Engles, Hazard, Ky.
Date received by local registrar:  11 June 1944 
Registrar's Signature:  Anna Laura Boulos 
Date of Death:  03 June 1944 
I hereby certify that I attended deceased from 02 June 1944 to 03 June 1944, that I last saw him alive on 03 June 1944, and that death occurred on the date stated above at 1 a.m. 
Immediate cause of death:  Shock 
Due to:  Gun shot wound in abdomen
Major findings of operations: (blank)
Accident, suicide, or homicide:  homicide
Date of occurrence:  02 June 1944
Where did injury occur:  home
While at work:  no
Means of injury:  Shot gun wound
Signature:  H. K. Couch, M.D., Hazard
Date signed:  07 June 1944 
Transcribed by Debbie Tamborski, 07 February 2010