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Personal info

Full name
HILL, Orvis Frederick "Buck"
Date of birth
3 October 1915
Age
29
Place of birth
Cedarville, Modoc County, California
Hometown
Cedarville, Modoc County, California

Military service

Service number
39404763
Rank
Technical Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
334th Infantry Regiment,
84th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
14 January 1945
Place of death
Samree, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
A 16 5

Immediate family

Members
Frederick C. Hill (father)
Lola M. Hill (mother)
Jessie Hill (sister)
Maxine Hill (sister
Buze Miller (half-brother)
Bernice F. (Stanley) Hill (wife)
Raemarie E. Hill (daughter)
Francis O. Hill (daughter)

More information

T/Sgt Orvis F. Hill enlisted in Sacremento, California on 3 December 1942.

He was killed while on patrol in a forest just outside Samree, Belgium.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1930/1940 Census / Rob Thomas Family Tree / U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil 1942-1949, http://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/ww_reg_his/89/

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.ancestry.com - Rob Thomas