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Personal info

Full name
HILL, Arthur S
Date of birth
1909
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Indiana
Hometown
Marion County, Indiana

Military service

Service number
35895949
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
47th Infantry Regiment,
9th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
28 August 1944
Place of death
Near Évry-Grégy-sur-Yerre, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 31 19

Immediate family

Members
Richard Hill (brother)
Blanche L. (Foster) Hill (wife)

More information

Sgt Arthur S. Hill attended Arsenal Technical High School and was employed at the Allison Division of the General Motors Corporation.

He enlisted in Indianapolis, Indiana on 2 October 1943 and was sent overseas on 6 April 1944.

He was first buried at the Temporay American Military Cemetery of Solers, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Astrid van Erp, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Cox Family Tree, https://9thinfantrydivision.net, www.newspapers.com - The Indianapolis Star

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy, www.newspapers.com - The Indianapolis Star