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Personal info

Full name
HITSON, J T
Date of birth
14 October 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Butler, Choctaw County, Alabama
Hometown
Butler County, Alabama

Military service

Service number
34917015
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
F Company,
2nd Battalion,
36th Armored Infantry Regiment,
3rd Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
25 December 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Hotton, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
C 14 7

Immediate family

Members
Major Hitson (father)
Ruby Hitson (mother)
R. L. Hitson (brother)
Earnest Hitson (brother)
Clayton Hitson (brother)
Layfet Hitson (brother)

More information

Pvt J. T. Hitson enlisted on 21 January 1944 and trained at Camp Blanding, Georgia. He arrived in Europe on 30 November 1944.

His brother R. L. also served and was wounded in action on the same day.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / 1940 Census,www.newspapers.com - Greenville Advocate - 8 March 1945

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Des Philippet, www.newspapers.com - Greenville Advocate - 8 March 1945