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Personal info

Full name
HILDITCH, Hugh Fiske
Date of birth
11 February 1926
Age
19
Place of birth
Erie, Erie County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Erie, Erie County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33712804
Rank
Private
Function
Rifleman
Unit
A Company,
49th Armored Infantry Battalion,
8th Armored Division,
1st Platoon
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
17 April 1945
Place of death
Derenberg, Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
G 3 26

Immediate family

Members
Warren W. Hilditch (father)
Martha E. (Fiske) Hilditch (mother)
Julia F. Hilditch (sister)
Warren F. Hilditch (brother)
Barbara F. Hilditch (sister)

More information

Pvt Hugh F. Hilditch graduated from Strong Vincent High School.

He enlisted in Erie, Pennsylvania on 28 August 1944. H

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.8th-armored.org, www.ancestry.com - 1920-1940 Census / Army Enlistment Record / U.S. City Directories  Erie Pennsylvania / Fitzgerald Family Tree

Photo source: www.ancestry.com - Lynne Wichtner