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Personal info

Full name
HAMILL, Robert Warren
Date of birth
20 September 1913
Age
31
Place of birth
Youngstown, Mahoning County, Ohio
Hometown
Mahoning County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35833608
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
66th Infantry Regiment,
71st Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
3 April 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Büdingen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
L 19 2

Immediate family

Members
Merle W. Hamill (father)
Katherine T. (Huntsinger) Hamill (mother)
Ruth Hamill (sister)
William Hamill (brother)
June Hamill (sister)
Beatrice M. (Summers) Hamill (wife)
Ronald L. Hamill (son)

More information

Pfc Robert W. Hamill attended West High School where he participated in the school newspaper.

He enlisted at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana on 19 April 1944.

The pictures were taken in high school in 1930.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / Patch Crawford Zimmerman Eddy Miller Family Tree / 1930/1940 Census, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, West High School yearbook (Akron), 1930