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Personal info

Full name
HESS, Milton Jerome
Date of birth
26 January 1910
Age
34
Place of birth
Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida
Hometown
Queens, Queens County, New York
Religion
Jewish

Military service

Service number
32887273
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
L Company,
3rd Battalion,
424th Infantry Regiment,
106th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 December 1944
Place of death
Near Schoenberg, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
G 13 12

Immediate family

Members
William B. Hess (father)
Josephine Hess (mother)
Jack Hess (brother)
Russell Hess (brother)
Walter Hess (brother)
Freida M. Hess (wife)

More information

Pfc Milton J. Hess was a stenographer and typist before he enlisted in New York City, New York on 10 April 1943.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Foy, Belgium.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1940 Census, http://106thinfdivassn.org

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Des Philippet