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Personal info

Full name
HILL, Roy Alton
Date of birth
30 January 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Schley, Bougherty County, Georgia
Hometown
Georgia

Military service

Service number
20402941
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
HQ & HQ Company,
3rd Battalion,
502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
29 October 1944
Place of death
Hien, The Netherlands

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
K 1 4

Immediate family

Members
William W. Hill (father)
Hattie L. (Poole) Hill (mother)
William H. Hill (brother)
Lulu U. Hill (sister)
Lessie M. Hill (sister)
Edgar F. Hill (brother)

More information

Pfc Roy A. Hill joined the National Guard in Albany, Georgia on 16 September 1940.

Source of information: www.abmc.gov
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.findagrave.com, www.ancestry.com