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Personal info

Full name
HILDRETH, Delbert John
Date of birth
1 October 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Milo, Warren County, Iowa
Hometown
Polk County, Iowa

Military service

Service number
37675004
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
K Company,
3rd Battalion,
346th Infantry Regiment,
87th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
12 April 1945
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
M 14 10

Immediate family

Members
Martin L. Hildreth (father)
Dora E. (Feight) Hildreth (mother)
Norma V. Hildreth (sister)
Leo E. Hildreth (brother)
Maxine Hildreth (wife)

More information

S/Sgt Delbert J. Hildreth enlisted at Camp Dodge Herold, Iowa on 13 July 1943. He served nine months in an anti-aircraft battalion and then was transferred to the infantry. He went overseas in October 1944.
He worked as a skilled mechanic at the Des Moines Ordnance plant before he enlisted.

Sgt Hildreth was previously wounded on 12 December 1944, in France. He was awarded the Purple Heart the first time at that time.

Source of information: Leo Minne, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census / U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil 1942-1949 / Alley Family Tree, www.87thinfantrydivision.com, www.newspapers.com - Des Moines Tribune - 28 April 1945

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.newspapers.com - Des Moines Tribune - 28 April 1945