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Tuesday, November 11, 2014

My thanks also go out to my Uncle Tom J. Hillanbrand, U.S. Army, Korea.




William B. Hillanbrand, U.S. Army, Korea and William B. Hillanbrand, U.S. Air Force. Dad and me.




Thanks to my Grandfather, Francis Joseph Hillanbrand, Private, Company H, 1st Infantry, WW1 and Uncle Joseph P. Hillanbrand, WWII.



Corporal Charles R. Hillanbrand, Company I, 3rd Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division, was listed as Missing in Action, while fighting enemy forces on Pork Chop Hill in North Korea on July 9, 1953. On February 10, 1954, his status was changed to presumed Killed in Action Remains Not Recovered. He was awarded the Purple Heart & Combat Infantry Badge.