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Personal info

Full name
BILLHYMER, Robert Max
Date of birth
16 September 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
White River Township, Hamilton County, Indiana
Hometown
Van Buren, Madison County, Indiana

Military service

Service number
O2006876
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
68th Armored Infantry Battalion,
14th Armored Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
28 April 1945
Place of death
Lindkirchen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
E 37 38

Immediate family

Members
Dayton O. Billhymer (father)
Myra A. (Overman) Billhymer (mother)
Dayton Billhymer (brother)
Blanche Billhymer (wife)

More information

2nd Lt Billhymer, one of the most able officers of C Company, was killed when his company dismounted from their armored vehicles. A German Panzer Faust bounced back off the side of one of the supporting tanks.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Bolander Family Tree, www.findagrave.com, http://14thad.org
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