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Personal info

Full name
HIXSON, Robert
Date of birth
23 October 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Ohio
Hometown
Middletown, Butler County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35792587
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Ammunition Handler
Unit
D Company,
1st Battalion,
317th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
11 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Secourt, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
J 15 15

Immediate family

Members
Charles D. Hixson (father)
Sadie M. (Garrison) Hixson (mother)
James W. Hixson (brother)
Russell Hixson (brother)
Jack P. Hixson (brother)
Betty Hixson (sister)
Charles Hixson (brother)
John K. Hixson (brother)
Damie Hixson (sister)
Betty L. Hixson (sister)

More information

Pfc Robert Hixson graduated from Middletown High School and was a apprentice machinist before he enlisted at Fort Thomas Newport, Kentucky on 13 March 1943.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1910/1920 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / Schab/Curry/Hunt/Joly Family Tree, www.80thdivision.com
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