- SURNAME
Hillis
- FORENAME
Virgil Arthur
- UNIT
2nd Ranger Bn (Company HQ)
- RANK
Technician Fifth Grade
- NUMBER
36188516
- AWARD
Bronze Star x 2
- PLACE
Europe
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
born 16.06.1916, Evart, Michigan, USA
grammar school education
civil occupation Tinsmiths, coppersmiths and sheet metal workers
employed by Elmer McLachlan
single without dependents upon enlistment
16.10.1940 draft card Sears, Michigan
01.08.1942 entered service Kalamazoo, Michigan
02.11.1945 discharged
20.03.1951 entered service (USAF)
served Korea, Vietnam
31.12.1967 discharged
15.11.1975 married Helen Lorraine (nee Diehlman) (1922-1990) in Taylor County, Texas
daughter Sandra Lee (nee Hillis) Hanson (1942-2010)
died 03.05.1984, (Aged 67) Taylor County, Texas, USA
Elmwood Memorial Park, Abilene, Texas, USA
