Hero Card 292, Card Pack 25 [pending]
Photo credit: Photo (digitally enhanced) provided by the family.
Hometown: Jefferson City, TN
Branch: U.S. Army
Unit: 5th Infantry Regiment, 71st Infantry Division
Military Honors: Purple Heart
Date of Sacrifice: March 25, 1945 - KIA near Lingenfeld, Germersheim, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Age: 22
Conflict: World War II, 1939-1945
Story text pending…
Sources
East Tennessee Veterans Memorial Association: Jack L. Hill
Dandridge Banner, Nov. 11, 1943: With Our Boys in the Service
Jefferson County Standard, Feb. 10, 1944: With Our Boys in the Service
The Knoxville Journal, May 21, 1944: Uncle Sam’s Boys
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Holocaust Encyclopedia: The 71st Infantry Division During World War II
Burial Site: Find a Grave
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