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Personal info

Full name
HILL, Francis Leroy
Date of birth
7 October 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
Canandaigua, Ontario County, New York
Hometown
Rochester, Monroe County, New York

Military service

Service number
32583740
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
26th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
4 December 1944
Place of death
Jüngersdorf-Merode, Hürtgen Forest, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
E 6 76

Immediate family

Members
Joseph G. Hill (father)
Mary Hill (sister)
Marion Hill (sister)
John W. Hill (brother)
Hazel (Crawford) Hill (wife)
Joseph Hill (son)

More information

T/5 Francis L. Hill was an optician before he enlisted in Rochester, New York on 20 November 1942.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Carla Mans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.findagrave.com, www.archives.gov, www.newspapers.com - Democrat and Chronicle

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.newspapers.com - Democrat and Chronicle / The State 31 December 1944