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Personal info

Full name
HILL, Oscar Mangum Jr
Date of birth
16 February 1909
Age
35
Place of birth
Wilson, Mississippi County, Arkansas
Hometown
Mississippi County, Arkansas

Military service

Service number
38603205
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
121st Infantry Regiment,
8th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
25 November 1944
Place of death
Southwest of Hürtgen, Hürtgen Forest, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
G 11 66

Immediate family

Members
Oscar M. Hill (father)
Lura E. (Butler) Hill (mother)
Harold F. Hill (brother)
Elbert H. Hill (brother)
Marjory B. Hill (sister)
James W. Hill (brother)
Mary A. Hill (sister)
Helen Hill (wife)
Joan H. Hill (daughter)

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record www.ancestry.com - various family trees, U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, 1942-1949, http://cgsc.contentdm.oclc.org - History of the 121st Infantry Regiment, After Action Report of the 121st Infantry Regiment

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet