Hilty

Born: 28 May 1916 - Bellwood, Illinois

Parents: Fred O. Hilty & Bertha Krause-Hilty

- father died 11 January 1944

Siblings: 8 sisters, 3 brothers

Home:

- 326 North Twenty-fourth Avenue - Bellwood, Illinois

Education:

- Proviso Township High School

- played basketball and football

- left after three years

- joined the Civilian Conservation Corps

Occupation: millwright - American Can Company

Married:

- Wife: Agnes Erickson - 31 December 1939

- Children: Joyce, Fred

Residence: Elgin, Illinois

Enlisted:

- 15 March 1943

- U.S. Army

Serial Number: 36956185

Training:

- Camp Wheeler, Georgia

- Camp Chaffee, Arkansas

Unit: 30th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division

Engagements:

- volunteered reconnaissance mission behind German lines

Killed in Action:

- 15 March 1945 - Alborne, France

Buried:

- Lorraine American Military Cemetery - Saint Avold, Lorraine, France

- Plot: E Row: 29 Grave: 29

Medals: Purple Heart