World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
Marion F. Hill
Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Fayette County, West Virginia
Honored By
Orville L. Kline
RANK: SERGEANT. INDUCTED INTO THE U.S. ARMY OCTOBER 23, 1942 AT FORT THOMAS, NEWPORT, KENTUCKY. SERVED IN THE EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS ASSIGNED TO THE U.S. ARMY, 330TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, 83RD INFANTRY ‘THUNDERBOLT’ DIVISION, U.S. 3RD ARMY ATTACHED TO THE VIII CORPS, U.S. 1ST ARMY. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE VAST ARMADA THAT PARTICIPATED IN THE INVASION OF GERMANY’S FORTRESS EUROPE, OPERATION OVERLORD. WHILE EMBARKING FROM HIS LANDING CRAFT INFANTRY ‘LCI’, HE WENT ASHORE ON THE OMAHA, NORMANDY BEACHHEAD, JUNE 18, 1944 AND ENTERED COMBAT JUNE 25, 1944. KILLED IN ACTION WEDNESDAY, JULY 26, 1944 IN THE VICINITY OF LO-PENIERS ROAD, FRANCE AND IS BURIED IN THE NORMANDY AMERICAN CEMETERY, COLLEVILLE-SUR-MER, FRANCE. AWARDED THE PURPLE HEART MEDAL.