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Personal info

Full name
HILL, Leonard
Date of birth
8 November 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Alta, Teton County, Wyoming
Hometown
Driggs, Teton County, Idaho

Military service

Service number
39927209
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
393rd Infantry Regiment,
99th Infantry Division
Awards
unknown

Death

Status
Died non-Battle
Date of death
29 December 1944
Place of death
Hammelburg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
K 40 36

Immediate family

Members
Robert M. Hill (father)
Mary (Stuart) Hill (mother)
Harold Hill (brother)
Viola Hill (sister)
Verda Hill (sister)
Robert M. Hill Jr. (brother)
Deloris Hill (sister)
Leona Hill (sister)

More information

Pfc Leonard Hill attended 4 years of high school and graduated from Teton High School in 1943. He was a farm hand before he enlisted on 21 March 1944 in Fort Douglas, Utah.

He was taken Prisoner of War on 17 December 1944 and died on 29 December 1944 in Stalag 13C, Hammelburg, Germany.

Source of information: www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Records / WWII Army Enlistment Records / 1930/1940 Census / Hill Family Tree / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.newspapers.com - The Post-Register 11 May 1943 / 7 May 1945
Photo source: www.ancestry.com - Hill Family Tree, www.findagrave.com - J. Haws, V. Brett Hill