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Personal info

Full name
HILBERT, Raymond Aloysious
Date of birth
20 January 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33233669
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
18th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
18 October 1944
Place of death
Northern outskirts of Aachen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
A 6 10

Immediate family

Members
Andrew Hilbert (father)
Florence Hilbert (mother)
Leo Hilbert (brother)
Mary M. Hilbert (sister)
Regina G. Hilbert (sister)

More information

Pfc Raymond A. Hilbert enlisted in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania on 16 June 1942.
He was a chauffeur before he enlisted. He is remembered at the Saint Joseph New Roman Catholic Cemetery in Bausman, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census / Pennsylvania U.S. Veteran Compensation Application Files

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet / Joe Frampton Gilfert