Military related information:

Service Number -1390154
Fourth Platoon

Enroute to France from American Camps, Winchester Area, Winchester, England (Assigned after Hospital release).

Company L, 4th Platoon

31 August 1918 Monthly Roster: Sick-in-Hospital.

Listed in Adjutant General 1917 roster of Illinois National Guard WWI service: Second Infantry, Company L, Chicago. Federalized as 132nd INF, Company L. Private, Enlisted 17 May 1917, Mustered 3 August 1917, Reported for Duty 25 July 1917.

Company L Muster Roll Sep-Oct 1917 Camp Logan, Houston, Tx Enlisted 17 May 1917. Listed as Private. - Muster Roll Nov-Dec 1917 Camp Logan, Houston Tx: Listed as Private. - Muster Roll Jan-Feb 1918 Camp Logan, Houston Tx: Listed as Corporal. Promoted to Corporal per RSO#4 dtd 8 Jan 1918. - Muster Roll Mar-Apr 1918 Camp Logan, Houston Tx: Listed as Corporal. - Muster Roll May-June 1918 A.E.F.: Listed as Corporal. - Muster Roll July 1918 A.E.F.: Listed as Corporal. - Muster Roll Aug 1918 A.E.F. France: Listed as Corporal. Sick-in-Hospital. - Muster Roll Oct 1918 A.E.F. France: Listed as Corporal. - Company Roster November 1918 A.E.F.: Listed as Corporal. - Company Roster December 1918 A.E.F. Junglinster, Luxembourg: Listed as Corporal. - Company Roster February 1919 A.E.F. Gonderange, Luxembourg: Listed as Corporal. Special Duty (SD) Guard of Honor. - Company Roster March 1919 A.E.F. Gonderange, Luxembourg: Listed as Corporal. Absent with Leave 23 March. - Company Roster April 1919 A.E.F.: Listed as Corporal. - Company Roster May 1919 Camp Grant, Illinois.: Discharged 31 May 1919. Listed as Sergeant.

WWI Victory Medal with battle Clasps
 

Post War Occupations / Bio:

the 1920 United States Federal Census
Name: Paul Hillmann
Age: 21
Birth Year: abt 1899
Birthplace: Illinois
Home in 1920: Chicago Ward 27, Cook (Chicago), Illinois
Street: Troy
Residence Date: 1920
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Son
Marital status: Single
Father's Birthplace: Germany
Mother's Name: Bertha Hellmann
Mother's Birthplace: Germany
Able to Speak English: Yes
Occupation: Printer
Industry: Print Shop
Employment Field: Wage or Salary
Able to Read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Household Members: Name Age
Bertha Hellmann 53
Adolph Hellmann 30
George C Emery 33
Amanda Emery 28
Robert Emery 2
Clara Hellmann 23
Paul Hellmann 21
Eleanor Hellmann 16
Marguerite Hellmann 14

the 1930 United States Federal Census
Name: Paul C Hillman
Birth Year: abt 1899
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birthplace: Illinois
Marital status: Married
Relation to Head of House: Head
Home in 1930: Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA
Street Address: Albany Ave
House Number: 4414
Home Owned or Rented: Rented
Home Value: 72.50
Radio Set: No
Age at first Marriage: 27
Attended School: No
Able to Read and Write: Yes
Father's Birthplace: Germany
Mother's Birthplace: Germany
Able to Speak English: Yes
Occupation: Lithographer
Industry: Printing
Class of Worker: Wage or salary worker
Employment: Yes
Veteran: Yes
War: W.W
Household Members: Name Age
Paul C Hillman 31
Eleonora Hillman 32
Barbara J Hillman 2

the 1940 United States Federal Census
Name: Paul Hillman
Age: 41
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1899
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birthplace: Illinois
Marital status: Married
Relation to Head of House: Son
Home in 1940: Chicago, Cook, Illinois
Map of Home in 1940: View Map
Street: Tray
House Number: 3017
Inferred Residence in 1935: Chicago, Cook, Illinois
Residence in 1935: Same Place
Occupation: Lithographer
Attended School or College: No
Highest Grade Completed: Elementary school, 8th grade
Duration of Unemployment: 16
Class of Worker: Wage or salary worker in private work
Weeks Worked in 1939: 20
Income: 175
Income Other Sources: No
Household Members:
Name Age
Bertha Hillman 74
Paul Hillman 41
Marian Hollister 16
Raymond Hollister 13

WWII Draft Registration:

Death Information: Date; Age; Cause; Burial Location 

Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths Index
Name: Paul C. Hillmann
Birth Date: 18 Oct 1898
Birth Place: Chicago, Illinois
Death Date: 12 Dec 1942
Death Place: Proviso Township, Cook, Illinois
Burial Date: 15 Dec 1942
Burial Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois
Cemetery Name: Montrose
Death Age: 44
Race: White
Marital status: M
Gender: Male
Residence: Chicago, Cook, Illinois
Father Name: Carl
Father Birth Place: Germany
Mother Name: Bertha Milzar
Mother Birth Place: Germany
Spouse Name: Eleanor
FHL Film Number: 1851993

Find A Grave:
Paul C. Hillmann
BIRTH 1898
DEATH 1942 (aged 43–44)
BURIAL Montrose Cemetery
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
PLOT Fairlawn Section

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