Name:
Ralph D. Hilt
Rank:
Bugler
Serial Number:
Unit:
18th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division
Date of Death:
1918-07-20
State:
Indiana
Cemetery:
Aisne-Marne American Cem., Belleau, France
Plot:
Tablets of the Missing
Row:
Grave:
Decoration:
Comments:
From findagrave.com:
"Son of Frederick and Lena Z. Hilt; born February 17, 1918, Lafayette, Ind. Employe of Monon Railroad. Enlisted in U.S. Regular Army January 16, 1917, Columbus Barracks, Ohio. Sent to El Paso, Tex.; assigned to Company C, 7th Infantry. Transferred to Gettysburg, Pa. Overseas October 31, 1917. Assigned to Company H, 18th Infantry, 1st Division. Killed in action July 20, 1918, Chateau-Thierry, France. Buried near Soissons, France. "
According to abmc.gov, his status is still "Missing" and is memorialized on Tablets of the Missing, Aisne-Marne American Cemetery, Belleau, France. His middle initial is inscribed on the Buzancy monument as G.