Paul P. Hilovsky
NAME: Paul P. Hilovsky
ASN: 13013770
PLACE OF BIRTH: Morgantown, PA
DATE OF BIRTH: 25 Nov 1923
DATES OF SERVICE: 4 April 1941 to 25 Sept 1945
UNIT ASSIGNED: 509th PIR
505th PIR, 82nd Airborne Division
507th PIR, 17th Airborne Division
CAMPAIGNS: Naples-Foggia, Rome-Arno, Southern France, Rhineland, Ardennes, Central Europe
AWARDS: Parachutist Badge with two Combat Jump Stars, Combat Infantryman Badge, Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart with one Oak Leaf Cluster, Good Conduct Medal, American Defense Service Medal, American Campaign Medal, European, African, Middle-Eastern Campaign Medal with Arrowhead and six Stars, World War II Victory Medal, Army of Occupation Medal, Distinguished Unit Badge with two Oak Leaf Clusters
SUMMARY OF SERVICE:
Sgt. Paul P. Hilovsky was in the 509th. He served from 4 April 1941 to 25 Sept 1945. He was in Anzio, Southern France, Normandy and the Battle of the Bulge. my dad jumped as a pathfinder into St. Mere Eglise. I am not quite sure of what group he dropped in with. I suspect it was the 505th. I have a DVD that my dad made about 5 years ago, that he recorded as part of a video history with his American Legion Post.
04 Apr 1941 - Entered Active Service, Butler, PA
- Attended Armored Mech School, Camp McPherson, OH
- Small Arms Weapons School, Aberdeen Proving Grounds, Baltimore, Maryland
00 Nov 1942 - Graduated from the Parachute School and awarded Parachutist Badge
07 Jul 1943 - Departed US for North Africa
15 Jul 1943 - Arrived North Africa, Replacement Training Center
00 Aug 1943 - Assigned to the 509th in Kairouan, Tunisia
02 Sep 1943 - Moved with the 509th to Licata, Sicily
00 Jan 1944 - Awarded Combat Infantryman Badge
26 Aug 1944 - Wounded in Southern France
10 Mar 1945 - Received Tetanus, Typhoid and Small Pox vaccines
15 Jan 1945 - Wounded in Belgium
19 Jun 1945 - Letter of Commendation, 505th PIR
07 Sep 1945 - Departed Europe for US
15 Sep 1945 - Arrived in US
26 Sep 1945 - Discharged at Separation Center, Fort Indiantown Gap Military Reservation, PA
17 Nov 1948 - Re-enlisted in Ordnance Department, Enlisted Reserve, Butler, PA
00 May 2007 - Passed away in Butler, PA.
Hilovsky is second from the left standing. Notice the late war Ike Jackets and 17th Airborne Patch. It is likely this was taken on leave in France after the wars end.
Paul Hilovsky standing at the National World War Two Monument in Washington DC
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