- Branch of Service
- Army
- Rank
- Private
- Unit
- 4th OVI, Co. D
- Conflict / Era
- Spanish American War
- Years of Service
- 08/12/1898
- Date of Birth
- 07/03/1875
- Date of Death
- 08/12/1898
- Hometown
- UNKNOWN, OH
- Burial Location
- City Cemetery, Guayama, Puerto Rico; Oakdale
- Monument Paver
- No
- Township (entering service)
- UNKNOWN
- Township (current / at death)
- UNKNOWN
- School
- UNKNOWN
- Status
- Killed in Action
- When
- 08/12/1898
- Where
- Guayama, Puerto Rico
- Record Authenticated
- Yes
Biography
School: UNKNOWN. military record lists as killed while on out post duty; eye witness account (Marysville Tribune, 8/24/1898) states he was killed by his own guards (believed to have been sleep-walking); buried in City Cemetery, Guayama, Puerto Rico body was disinterred and returned home on the United States funeral ship, Roumania (see Marysville Tribune, 5/3/1899; one of the guards who fired, Harry Maris, was a pall-bearer at Hill's funeral); buried in Oakdale, Sect. B, Row 8 2023 Voice from the Stone Honoree
Source: Ohio Soldiers in the War with Spain, 1898-99; The Official Roster of Ohio Soldiers in the War with Spain, 1898-99. 1870 U.S. Federal Census; Union Co. Cem. Rec., Vol. 6, p. 14 | Marysville Tribune (extract), 8/17/1898, p.5, c.4; Marysville Tribune, 8/24/1898; Marysville Tribune, 5/3/1899