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Personal info

Full name
HILL, Ford Rayburn
Date of birth
17 January 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Pennsylvania
Hometown
Beaver County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33417379
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
12th Infantry Regiment,
4th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
21 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Zweifall, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
F 9 14

Immediate family

Members
Lewis P. Hill (father)
Lottie P. (Simpson) Hill (mother)
Henry P. Hill (brother)
Benjamin A. Hill (brother)
Clara B. Hill (sister)
Arthur T. Hill (brother)
Elizabeth Hill (sister)
Ida R. Hill (sister)
Chambers C. Hill (brother)
Maria J. Hill (sister)
Agness Hill (sister)
Ethel M. (Waxler) Hill (wife)
Ruth A. Hill (daughter)

More information

Pfc Ford R. Hill enlisted in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on 28 December 1942.

Source of information: Danny van der Groen, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record,
www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1910/1920/1930 Census / U.S. Social Security Index, 1935-current / West Virginia, Marriages Index, 1785-1971

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Ruth Ann Hill Hysong (daughter)