Staff Sergeant Harley Sanford Hill grave marker photo

World War II (WWII)
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Fallen

County:
Williams


Date of Loss:

Military Service:
    Rank:
    Staff Sergeant
    Branch of Service:
    Army
    Major Battle/Theatre:
    Asiatic Pacific Theater
    Conflicts Served:
    World War II (WWII)

Circumstances:

Killed in action in Bancal, Mindanao

Biography:

Harley Sanford Hill was born in Wheelock, Williams County, North Dakota on February 7, 1920, to Arthur Monroe Hill and Thea Eline Swenson. He entered the United States Army at Fort Snelling, Minnesota on February 7, 1942, and served in the Asiatic Pacific Theater. Staff Sergeant Hill was killed in action on May 13, 1945, in Bancal, Mindanao, Philippines and is buried in Rainbow Valley Lutheran Church Cemetery, Wildrose, Williams County, North Dakota, northwest of Ray, North Dakota. 

Source: Ancestry/Find a Grave