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Personal info

Full name
JACOBY, Hilton August
Date of birth
19 September 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
New Underwood, Pennington County, South Dakota
Hometown
Pennington County, South Dakota

Military service

Service number
37462994
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
47th Infantry Regiment,
9th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
26 November 1944
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
C 4 6

Immediate family

Members
Fred A. Jacoby (father)
Annetta J. (Reese) Jacoby (mother)
Evelyn A. Jacoby (sister)
Clifford L. Jacoby (brother)
Robert M. Jacoby (brother)
Stanley L. Jacoby (brother)
Joyce (Collins) Jacoby (wife)

More information

Hilton Jacoby worked for Black Hills Packing Company in Rapid City.

He enlisted onn 14 November 1942 at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas and was sent overseas on 26 April 1943.

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, www.findagrave.com, - Bob & Fran http://9thinfantrydivision.net

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet / Bob & Fran