Minnesota Discovery Center

Gene Junior Hill, None

conflict:World War II
branch:Navy
rank:Seaman
serial number:7305713
location:Served aboard the USS Zeal (AM131) and USS Swax (AM120) in the Pacific Theater.
enlistment date:March 3, 1945
place enlisted:Hibbing, MN
discharge date:July 25, 1946
place discharged:Minneapolis, MN
decorations:
history:
service documents:
references:(1) Hometown Heroes: The St. Louis County World War Two Project (2004?), p. 114; (2) American Legion, Press-Lloyd Post No. 247 (Chisholm, Minn.) Records. Iron Range Research Center, Chisholm, Minnesota.

Personal Information

date of birth:March 9, 1927
birth place:Duluth, MN
home town:Chisholm, MN
date of death:Feb. 19, 1996
father:Clarence Everett Hill
mother:Gladys Orphilia Hill (nee Dellman)
siblings:Daniel Lawrence Hill Debra Lee Hill David Lewis Hill Dawn Lynn Hill
school:Duluth Central

Last update: 1/22/2016