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Personal info

Full name
MILLS, Sidney Alvord
Date of birth
4 December 1919
Age
24
Place of birth
Hartford County, Connecticut
Hometown
West Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut
Religion
Jewish

Military service

Service number
31060327
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
180th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
1 December 1944
Place of death
Near Bouxwiller, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
B 27 35

Immediate family

Members
Elden H. Mills (father)
Florence E. (Hadley) Mills (mother)
Dorothy G. Mills (sister)
Elden H. Mills Jr. (brother)
Marilyn Mills (sister)
Lillian V. Mills (wife)

More information

Sgt Sidney A. Mills attended 4 years of college and was a Salesman before he enlisted in Fort Devens, Massachusetts on 16 January 1942.

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 / WWII Jewish Servicemen Cards / My Family Tree, http://www.45thdivision.org
Photo source: www.ancestry.com - U.S., School Yearbooks Hartford Connecticut