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Personal info

Full name
HITT, Olten Vesta
Date of birth
13 August 1913
Age
31
Place of birth
Olney, Young County, Texas
Hometown
Brazoria County, Texas

Military service

Service number
38155586
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
359th Infantry Regiment,
90th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 September 1944
Place of death
Near Metz, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
C 10 11

Immediate family

Members
Thomas P. Hitt (father)
Mamie E. (Leflett) Hitt (mother)
William H. Hitt (brother)
Orbie T. Hitt (brother)
Opal Hitt (sister)

More information

S/Sgt Olten V. Hitt enlisted in Fort Sam Houston, Texas on 21 March 1942.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - U.S. Headstone and Interment Record for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / Hitt Family Tree / WWII Draft Card

Photo source: Peter Schouteten