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Personal info

Full name
HILL, Charles P
Date of birth
30 June 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Monroe, Ouachita Parish, Louisiana
Hometown
Monroe, Ouachita Parish, Louisiana

Military service

Service number
38385724
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
HQ & HQ Company,
3rd Battalion,
423rd Infantry Regiment,
106th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
8 May 1945
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Charles Hill (father)
Hazel Hill (mother)
Norwafa Hill (sister)
Carl E. Hill (brother)
James C. Hill (brother)

More information

Pfc Charles P. Hill attended 1 year of high school and was a retail manager in an ice cream factory.

He enlisted in Schreveport, Louisiana on 18 December 1942.

He was taken prisoner in the vicinity of Sankt Vith, Belgium on 21 December 1944 and was held prisoner at Stalag IV-B in Mühlberg, Germany.

He was killed by Russian aircraft while walking to the American lines after he was liberated.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / WWII Prisoner of War / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men, www.indianamilitary.org/106ID/SoThinkMenu/106thSTART

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Have Paws Will travel