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Personal info

Full name
HILEMAN, John Gale
Date of birth
2 October 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Van Wert, Van Wert County, Ohio
Hometown
Rockford, Mercer County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35615616
Rank
Technical Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
F Company,
2nd Battalion,
143rd Infantry Regiment,
36th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
11 February 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Drusenheim, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
K 40 29

Immediate family

Members
Harvey E. Hileman (father)
Mary E. (Miller) Hileman (mother)
Orville E. Hileman (brother)
Bernice Hileman (sister)
Kenneth C. Hileman (brother)
Winfred A. Hileman (sister)
Helen H. Hileman (sister)
Marion G. Hileman (brother)
Lula G. Hileman (sister)
Forest M. Hileman (brother)
Isaac D. Hileman (brother)
Jean M. Hileman (sister)
Ruth J. Hileman (sister)
Mary E. (Stout) Hileman (wife)
Terrence L. Hileman (son)

More information

T/Sgt John G. Hileman enlisted in Columbus, Ohio on 21 November 1942.

He was married to Mary Stout on 27 November 1942.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1920/1930/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men 1940-1947 / Ohio County Marriages 1774-1993, https://36th-id.frb.io, 143rd-October-1944-to-end.pdf, 141aar-December-1944-to-end.pdf
Photo source: www.ancestry.com - U.S. School Yearbooks Rockford High School 1934