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Personal info

Full name
HITER, Ernest Frederick
Date of birth
23 February 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Potsdam, St. Lawrence County, New York
Hometown
Potsdam, St. Lawrence County, New York

Military service

Service number
32948962
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
2nd Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
15 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Amanvillers , France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
J 27 10

Immediate family

Members
Herman E. Hiter (father)
Catherine M. (Frederick) Hiter (mother)
Kita Hiter (sister)
Betty J. Hiter (sister)
Retta M. Hiter (sister)
Audrey (Snyder) Hiter (wife)
Terry L. Hiter (daughter)

More information

Pvt Ernest F. Hiter attended Potsdam High School worked at an aliminium plant.

He enlisted in Utica, New York on 22 December 1943.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – 1925 Census / 1940 Census / Curie Rahm Releya Family Tree, http://nyshistoricnewspapers.org

Photo source: www.ancestry.com – Marlyne Miller45