Lee Cornell Hill
Marine Corps Reserve | Service Number 397901
May 23, 1922
in Aurora, IL
Raymond Vaughan Hill
Edith May (Woodford) Hill (d. 1945)
Details unknown
Camp Dispensary / First Aid
Civilian Conservation Corps
May 29, 1942
at Chicago, IL
August 25, 1943
from Camp Elliott, CA
June 16, 1944
Killed in action at Saipan
June 16, 1944
Killed in action
719 North Ohio Street, Aurora, IL – home of parents, Ray & Edith Hill
Service & Campaigns
Enlisted at Chicago, Illinois on 29 May 1942; boot camp at MCRD San Diego with Sixth Recruit Battalion. Outposted to Naval Operating Base Mare Island, and assigned duty at Naval Supply Depot, Oakland, CA through summer 1943. Attended infantry school at Camp Elliott, California.
Joined Baker Company, First Battalion, 24th Marines at Camp Pendleton on 25 August 1943.
Outfit: B/1/24th Marines
Rank: Private First Class
MOS: 504 (Ammunition carrier) – machine gunner
Outfit: B/1/24th Marines
Rank: Private First Class
MOS: 504 (Ammunition carrier) – machine gunner
Important Events:
June 16, 1944 – killed in action (artillery shrapnel); exact circumstances unknown.
Buried Plot 3, Row 2, Grave 457, Fourth Marine Division Cemetery
Individual Decorations
Medal
Purple Heart
Campaign
Saipan (June 16, 1944)
Citation
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Lee is buried in Lincoln Memorial Park, Oswego, Illinois
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