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Personal info

Full name
HILL, Leo
Date of birth
7 November 1910
Age
34
Place of birth
Webster County, Missouri
Hometown
Webster County, Missouri

Military service

Service number
37050307
Rank
Corporal
Function
unknown
Unit
2nd Tank Battalion,
9th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
11 April 1945
Place of death
Ludendorff Bridge, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
I 1 12

Immediate family

Members
Thomas F. Hill (father)
Nancy C. (Evans) Hill (mother)
Riley Hill (brother)
Flossie Hill (sister)
Effie M. Hill (sister)
Vona Hill (sister)
Lois Hill (sister)
Jerry Hill (brother)
Orville Hill (brother)

More information

Cpl Leo Hill enlisted in Jefferson Barracks, Missouri on 20 January 1941. He was sent overseas in August, 1944.

Source of information: Danny van der Groen, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1930/1940 Census / Hill Family Tree, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Marshfield (MO) Mail - Scott Kerber, Wayne Hill (nephew)