Hilah E. "Hila" Ritchie (Clevenger)
First Lieutenant Army World War II
- Branch of Service
- Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant
- Unit
- 327th Station Hospital, Army Nurse Corps
- Conflict / Era
- World War II
- Years of Service
- 1942 – 1946
- Date of Birth
- 04/21/1915
- Date of Death
- 05/29/2001
- Hometown
- Leesburg, OH
- Awards & Decorations
- European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal
- Burial Location
- East Lawn Mortuary, Sacremento, California
- Monument Paver
- Yes — Section B
- Overseas Service
- Europe
- Township (entering service)
- Leesburg
- Township (current / at death)
- Sacremento, Califrornia
- Church
- Pharisburg United Methodist Church; Trinity Lutheran Church, Sacramento, California
- School
- Richwood High School
- Record Authenticated
- Yes
Biography
Overseas service: Europe. Church: Pharisburg United Methodist Church; Trinity Lutheran Church, Sacramento, California. School: Richwood High School. Serial #N728794; enlisted 05/01/1942; departed 08/19/1942 for European Theater of Operation, arriving 08/31/1942; departed for U.S. on 10/06/1945, arriving 10/13/1945; honorably discharged 01/28/1946, Fort Dix, New Jersey; veteran data form lists date of death as 05/30/2001
Source: Veteran form submitted 06/03/2004 by Robert Clevenger; Army of the United States Certificate of Service, Union Co. Recorder's Office, Vol. 5, p. 11; obituary, Marysville Journal-Tribune, 06/07/2001