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Personal info

Full name
HINES, Richard E
Date of birth
27 March 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Indiana
Hometown
Greene County, Indiana

Military service

Service number
35841266
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
G Company,
2nd Battalion,
309th Infantry Regiment,
78th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
10 March 1945
Place of death
Near Remagen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
C 5 26

Immediate family

Members
Paul H. Hines (father)
Peoria A. (Hubbell) Hines (mother)
James A. Hines (brother)
Robert D. Hines (brother)
Bobby D. Hines (brother)
Mary L. Hines (sister)

More information

Pfc Richard E. Hines enlisted at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana on 2 June 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Richard Blunk, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / Ball Family Tree / 1940 Census, www.findagrave.com - James L. Cooper, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet / Donna Reagan