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Historical records matching CPO Edwin Joseph Hill
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About CPO Edwin Joseph Hill
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7749155/edwin-joseph-hill
Medal of Honor citation:
For distinguished conduct in the line of his profession, extraordinary courage, and disregard of his own safety during the attack on the Fleet in Pearl Harbor, by Japanese forces on December 7, 1941. During the height of the strafing and bombing, Chief Boatswain Hill led his men of the linehandling details of the U.S.S. Nevada to the quays, cast off the lines and swam back to his ship. Later, while on the forecastle, attempting to let go the anchors, he was blown overboard and killed by the explosion of several bombs.
http://www.thevintagenews.com/2017/04/11/us-navy-sailor-edwin-j-hil...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_J._Hill
Hill's birth records indicate that he was born October 4, 1894 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; however his family was from the island of Saba in the Lesser Antilles.
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CPO Edwin Joseph Hill's Timeline
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October 4, 1894
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Philadelphia Philadelphia County Pennsylvania
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| 1941 |
December 7, 1941
Age 47
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Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
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Burial: National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific Honolulu Honolulu County Hawaii
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