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Personal info

Full name
HILL, Marion Grant Jr
Date of birth
10 November 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Ennis, Madison County, Montana
Hometown
Yakima County, Washington

Military service

Service number
39467892
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
506th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
23 December 1944
Place of death
Bastogne, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
F 5 18

Immediate family

Members
Marion G. Hill Sr. (father)
Florence (Crossman) Hill (mother)
Florence M. Hill (sister)

More information

Pfc Marion G. Hill Jr. attended Granger Washington High School before he enlisted in Spokane, Washington on 1 September 1943.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Grand Failly, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record, WWII Draft Card, http://www.ww2-airborne.us
Photo source: Peter Schouteten