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Personal info

Full name
HILL, Gussie J
Date of birth
24 December 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina
Hometown
Wake County, North Carolina

Military service

Service number
14039226
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
501st Parachute Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 January 1945
Place of death
Bastogne, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
B 10 34

Immediate family

Members
James S. Hill (father)
Effie C. (Koumbas) Hill (mother)
Steve Hill (brother)
Alexander J. Hill (brother)
George Hill (brother)
Helen Hill (sister)
Catherine Hill (sister)
Xenophon Hill (brother)
Tony Hill (brother)
Cleo Hill (sister)
Margaret Hill (sister)
Christine Hill (sister)

More information

Pvt Gussie J. Hill enlisted in the Regular Army on 5 February 1941 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. He was sent overseas in January, 1944.

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

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com – Orville L. Kline, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record, http://www.ww2-airborne.us
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.ancestry.com - World War II Young American Patriots