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Staff Sergeant Joseph R Hilkey

Name Joseph R Hilkey
Rank Staff Sergeant
Army Serial # 35105008
State Kentucky
Date of death 1945-04-01
Plot, Row, Grave G, 8, 20
Cemetery Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, Netherlands, Google Maps
Unit A Company, 331st Infantry Regiment, 83rd Infantry Division
Awards Bronze StarPurple Heart
Remarks Staff Sergeant Hilkey was a member of A Company. The morning report for July 5, 1944 on page 5 lists him as lightly wounded in action and transferred to the 34th Evacuation Hospital while holding the rank of Sergeant. The page can be seen below. Since have no later documents we assume that Staff Sergeant Hilkey died while serving in the A Company.
Documents - MR A Co 07-1944 page 5
Grave Soldier
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