Hillman, Merle Chester Joseph
Navy Pharmacist’s mate 2nd class

Merle Chester Joseph Hillman, age 25, from Holyoke, Massachusetts, Hampden county.

Service era: World War II
Schools: Holyoke High

Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: Killed aboard the USS California. Remains not recovered

Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Transcript Telegram (1943)