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Personal info

Full name
HILBERT, Gerald Eugene
Date of birth
12 November 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Bethlehem, Northampton County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Allentown, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33836745
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
328th Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
29 March 1945
Place of death
Near Hanau, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 30 70

Immediate family

Members
Earl F. Hilbert (father)
Ella M. (Bartholomew) Hilbert (mother)
Kenneth D. Hilbert (brother)
Kermet J. Hilbert (brother)
Earl F. Hilbert (brother)
Paul C. Hilbert (brother)
June A. (Vorhis) Hilbert (wife)

More information

Pfc Gerald E. Hilbert attended high school for two years and was employed at the Dobnoff Clothing Store before he enlisted in Allentown, Pennsylvania on 21 January 1944. He was sent overseas in January 1945.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in his thigh and arm.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Pennsylvania Veteran Compensation Application Files WWII / Pennsylvania Marriages / 1930 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.findagrave.com, www.fold3.com - 26th Infantry Division, www.newspapers.com - The Morning Call 20 April 1945
Photo source: www.newspapers.com - The Morning Call 20 April 1945