Harold J. Hilborn

Harold J. Hilborn
Personal details
Born	1905 Germany
Died	1969
Nativity	Germany
Religion	Jewish
Military service
Allegiance	United States
Branch	United States Army
ASN	36766325
Rank	Private
Camp Ritchie	Class 22 (23 August – 21 October 1944)
Section	5A
Team	IPW 187

Teammates

Team — IPW 187

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Harold J. Hilborn (1905–1969) was a United States Army Private who trained at Camp Ritchie, Maryland, in Class 22.

Biography

Harold attended About Your Father: (A few more facts are available from his personnel cards located at the National Archives in College Park, MD. He attended YMCA College (Pre-Pharmacy), 1 year. Worked with pharmaceutical products. In April 1944, Became naturalized citizen at Camp Grant. He was trained to be an interrogator of German Prisoners of War and ended up as a member of a six-man IPW Team 187 assigned to the 45th Infantry Division.

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Technical record

Field	Imported value
Approx Age at Death	64
Class_ASN	36766325
Class_Name	HILBORN, Harold J.
match_method	asn_exact_name_exact
row_source	both

Timeline

• Born 25 November 1905 in Germany (Kenmitz).
• 1943 — Drafted into Army as Pvt (ASN: 36766325).
• 21 October 1944 — Graduated Class 22 (German). Classified as German Documents Examiner.
• April 1944 — Became naturalized citizen at Camp Grant.
• 2 May 1945.
• 179th Infantry Regiment (downloadable) 180th Infantry Regiment (downloadable)
• About Your Father: (A few more facts are available from his personnel cards located at the National Archives in College Park, MD. Also searchable are awards, interrogation reports, after action reports and histories). After basic training, your father was sent to Camp Ritchie MD where he was a student in Class 22, Section 5A (from 23 August to 21 October.
• Assigned to IPW Team 187 (Erbst; Gehrels; Bauer; Gerson; Kling).
• HQ Company, 45th Infantry Division; Regiments (157th, 179th, 180th).
• Medals General Orders (1.13) Did not find BM order.
• Promoted to S/Sgt.

Sources

• Camp Ritchie Museum, Inc. (The Ritchie History Museum), Classes 1–31 roster data
• Dan Gross research spreadsheets, including original Excel timeline/roster work, combined with other research and records
• NARA World War II Army enlistment records (where a NARA ASN is present)
• 1940 U.S. Census (where a census match is present)
• Dan Gross, Timeline of Harold J. Hilborn for Camp Ritchie (private research document; 1 source documents reviewed)
• Dan Gross, Timeline of Hilborn, Harold J. for Camp Ritchie (private research files; selected non-private narrative findings; 1 source files: HAROLD J. HILBORN.doc)