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Personal info

Full name
HITT, George E
Date of birth
16 August 1914
Age
30
Place of birth
Fall River, Bristol County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island

Military service

Service number
31386559
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
157th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
5 December 1944
Place of death
Mertzwiller, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
F 10 9

Immediate family

Members
George E. Hitt (father)
Ida C. (Brunell) Hitt (mother)
Mabel B. Hitt (sister)
Stuart B. Hitt (brother)
Ivora J. Hitt (sister)
Muriel B. Hitt (sister)
Mary C. (Riley) Hitt (wife)

More information

Pfc George E. Hitt enlisted in Providence, Rhode Island on 27 July 1943.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Hochfelden, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Revised Underwood Family Tree / Rhode Island State Censuses / Massachusetts Birth Records / 1940 Census, http://www.45thdivision.org
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