PFC Andrew Norman Hilty
Born: 28 May 1916 – Bellwood, Illinois
Parents: Fred O. Hilty & Bertha Krause-Hilty
– father died January 11, 1944
Siblings: 8 sisters, 4 brothers
Home:
– 326 North Twenty-fourth Avenue – Bellwood, Illinois
Education:
– Proviso Township High School
– played basketball and football
– left after three years
– joined the Civilian Conservation Corps
Occupation: millwright – American Can Company – Maywood, Illinois
Married:
– Wife: Agnes Erickson – 31 December 1939
– Children: Joyce, Fred
Residence: 39 Adeline Street – Elgin, Illinois
Selective Service Registration: 16 October 1940
Contact Person: Agnes Jeanette Hilty – wife
Enlisted:
– 15 March 1943
– U.S. Army
Serial Number: 36956185
Training:
– Camp Wheeler, Georgia
– Camp Chaffee, Arkansas
Unit: 30th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division
– joined the division as a replacement
– May 1944 – took part in the Anzio Beach breakout
– 4 June 1944 – liberated Rome
– the unit was withdrawn from combat and prepared for Operation Dragoon
– 15 August 1944 – took part in the invasion of Southern France
– landed and liberated St. Tropez
– the 3rd Infantry Division fought its way up the Rhone Valley, through the Vosges Mountains, and reached the Rhine at Strasbourg, Germany, on the 26–27 November 1944
Killed in Action:
– 15 March 1945 – Albourne, France
– killed during the attack on the Siegfried Line
Buried:
– his remains were buried and reburied several times by the Army
Reburied:
– Lorraine American Military Cemetery – Saint Avold, Lorraine, France
– Plot: E Row: 29 Grave: 29
Medals: Purple Heart
