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Personal info

Full name
HILLMAN, Sherman Benjamin
Date of birth
5 October 1909
Age
35
Place of birth
Homestead, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
San Francisco, San Francisco County, California

Military service

Service number
39725789
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
44th Armored Infantry Battalion,
6th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
20 March 1945
Place of death
Near Jägersburg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
E 6 33

Immediate family

Members
Harry R. Hillman (father)
Marie Hillman (mother)
Melvin S. Hillman (brother)
Lucille Hillman (sister)
Kenneth Hillman (brother)
Norman Hillman (brother)

More information

Pfc Sherman B. Hillman attended high school for one year and was employed at the Examiner Paper before he enlisted in Los Angeles, California on 27 January 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 / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1930 Census, www.findagrave.com, www.super6th.org
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