Leo Raymond Hill | |
| Rank: | Private |
| Service Num: | 32895398 |
| Division: | 69th Infantry Division |
| Battalion: | 269th Combat Engineers (C) Battalion |
| Company: | (A) Company |
| Platoon: | 1st Platoon |
| Born: | 14 OCT 1918 | Dobbs Ferry, NY, U.S.A. |
| Enlisted: | 24 APR 1943 | Camp Shelby, MS, U.S.A. [2] |
| Arrived: | 24 NOV 1944 | Camp Kilmer, NJ, U.S.A. [2] |
| Arrived: | 12 DEC 1944 | Southampton, England [2] |
| Arrived: | 13 DEC 1944 | Winchester, England [2] |
| Arrived: | 22 JAN 1945 | Le Havre, France [2] |
| Arrived: | 30 JAN 1945 | Sissone, France [2] |
| Arrived: | 09 FEB 1945 | Deidenberg, Belgium [2] |
| Combat: | 11 FEB 1945 | Belgium [2] |
| KIA: | 14 FEB 1945 | Belgium |
Private Hill was killed in action 14 February 1945 from a land mine.[family account] He was 26 years old.
Private Hill was buried in Henri Chapelle Military Cemetery at Eupen, Belgium.[5] His remains reached the U.S. in November 1947[4] and entombed on 16 December 1947 with military funeral honors in Park Lawn Cemetery in Bennington, VT.[5][8]
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References:
[1] "Killed In Action In Belgium," Dobbs Ferry Register 2 Mar. 1945: PAGE 1 [Original] [Cached]
[2] "269th Engineer Battalion," The Fighting 69th Infantry Division Website 10 Oct. 2010, 28 Dec. 2014 http://www.69th-infantry-division.com/histories/269eng.html [Original] [Cached]
[3] Jackson, Susan Seacord. "PVT LEO R. HILL," Find A Grave 28 May. 2014, 28 Dec. 2014 http://image2.findagrave.com/photos/2014/147/123184708_1401312104.jpg [Original] [Cached]
[4] "Pvt. Hill's Body Returned by Army," The Herald Statesman 28 Nov. 1947: PAGE 18 [Original] [Cached]
[5] "Leo R. Hill Was Interred Tuesday at Bennington, VT.," Dobbs Ferry Register 19 Dec. 1945: PAGE 5 [Original] [Cached]
[6] "269th Engineer Combat Battalion Coat of Arms," The Fighting 69th Infantry Division Website 07 Jun. 2011, 28 Dec. 2014 http://69th-infantry-division.com/histories/logos/269th-Engineer-Combat-Battalion-Coat-of-Arms-250px.png [Original] [Cached]
[7] "Purple Heart," U.S. Army Center of Military History 19 Nov. 2010, 28 Dec. 2014 http://www.history.army.mil/images/reference/PurHrt.jpg [Original] [Cached]
[8] "Leo R. Hill Funeral Rites Held Tuesday," Dobbs Ferry Register 19 Dec. 1945: PAGE 1 [Original] [Cached]