RANGERS Hill, Irvin B.

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Hill ​

• FORENAME

Irvin B. ​

• UNIT

2 Ranger Bn (Company F) ​

• RANK

Private First Class ​

• NUMBER

39053892 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

30th March 1945 ​

• AGE

27​

• GRAVESITE

Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, Netherlands Plot A Row 10 Grave 7 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from Contra Costa, California​

born 25.01.1918, Logan County, Oklahoma, USA​

father Franklin Tipton Hill (1868-1962)​

mother Josephine Elizabeth (nee Eaves) Hill (1878-1976)​

wife Pauline Louise (nee Crawdshaw) Karns (1916-1980)​

Next of kin - Wife Mrs. Pauline L. Hill, Box 28, Bedford, Pennsylvania​

KIA Emmerhausen, Germany ​

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PFC Hill was riding on a tank when it was ambushed by a German with a panzerfaust rocket near Emmerhausen, Germany on 30 Mar 1945. He was one of the several Co. F. 2nd Rangers killed that were riding that tank on that date.​