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Personal info

Full name
HILL, James Charles
Date of birth
1 September 1908
Age
36
Place of birth
Ada, Pontotoc County, Oklahoma
Hometown
Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi

Military service

Service number
34876015
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
104th Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
2 January 1945
Place of death
Wiltz, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
G 10 6

Immediate family

Members
Willard (Griffith) Hill (wife)

More information

Sgt James C. Hill attended high school for two years and was a maintenance painter before he enlisted at Camp Shelby, Mississippi on 22 November 1943.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.fold3.com - 26th Infantry Division
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Deb Zettlemoyer