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Personal info

Full name
HILLSTROM, Rudolph Emanuel
Date of birth
6 October 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Sebeka, Wadena County, Minnesota
Hometown
Red Eye, Wadena County, Minnesota

Military service

Service number
17108757
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
273rd Infantry Regiment,
69th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
13 April 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Altengroitzsch, South of Groitzsch, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
J 21 8

Immediate family

Members
John E. Hillstrom (father)
Linda J. (Eskelinen) Hillstrom (mother)
Lempi J. Hillstrom (sister)
Eva E. Hillstrom (sister)
Ernest J. Hillstrom (brother)
Albert S. Hillstrom (brother)
Erland L. Hillstrom (brother)
Leona M. Hillstrom (sister)
Marvin A. Hillstrom (brother)
Albin R. Hillstrom (brother)
Melvin R. Hillstrom (brother)
Kenneth A. Hillstrom (brother)

More information

Pfc Rudolph E. Hillstrom enlisted at Fort Snelling, Minnesota on 12 September 1942.

A brother of Pfc Hillstrom, Pvt Marvin A. Hillstrom was also a casualty of WWII. He was a tank driver and died on 25 August 1944 in France and received the Silver Star Medal.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com – World War II Honoree - Leona Isola, Al Hillstrom & Ken Hillstrom, Sister & Brothers, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – 1920/1930/1940 Census / Denison-Peterson Family Tree / Minnesota, Birth and Christenings Index

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Joek Hulsmann