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Personal info

Full name
HIVELY, Bill Austin
Date of birth
2 March 1925
Age
20
Place of birth
Whitley County, Indiana
Hometown
Whitley County, Indiana

Military service

Service number
35554968
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
47th Infantry Regiment,
9th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

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

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
D 2 16

Immediate family

Members
Clark Hively (father)
Anna M. Hively (mother)
Guy R. Hively (brother)

More information

Pfc Bill A. Hively attended Columbia City High School for two years.

He enlisted in Toledo, Ohio on 8 May 1943.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.,archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census, http://9thinfantrydivision.net

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, 1942 Columbian Yearbook, Columbia City High School - courtesy of Kathy McDermott