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Personal info

Full name
HILK, Vincent Kenneth
Date of birth
6 August 1910
Age
34
Place of birth
Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33940063
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
314th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
7 January 1945
Place of death
Drusenheim, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
J 25 35

Immediate family

Members
Dorothy E. (Schubert) Hilk (wife)
Gerald E. Hilk (son)
Clifford L. Hilk (son)

More information

Pfc Vincent K. Hilk attended high school for two years before he enlisted in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania on 20 May 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Pennsylvania Veteran Compensation Application File, Combat History 314th Infantry Regiment, www.findagrave.com - Albert Ledoux
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