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Personal info

Full name
HAMILTON, Rudolph Roland
Date of birth
7 July 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Lowell, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Dracut, Middlesex County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31256304
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
30th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
12 October 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Le Tholy, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 23 26

Immediate family

Members
Albert Hamilton (father)
Eva (Demontean) Hamilton (mother)
Eva Hamilton (sister)
Louis Hamilton (brother)
Lillian Hamilton (sister)
Ernest Hamilton (brother)
Raymond Hamilton (brother)
Robert Hamilton (brother)

More information

Pfc Rudolph R. Hamilton was employed by the Redman Card Clothing Co.

He enlisted at Fort Devens, Massachusetts on 28 November 1942.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Cards, History 3rd Infantry Division WWII
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy