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Personal info

Full name
ZUYDHOEK, Paul Barr
Date of birth
9 June 1909
Age
35
Place of birth
Briarcliff Manor, Westchester County, New York
Hometown
South Amboy, Middlesex County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
O1174204
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
Forward Observer
Unit
32nd Field Artillery Battalion,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
25 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Stolberg-Münsterbusch, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
B 17 8

Immediate family

Members
Ernest F. Zuydhoek (father)
Ellen J. (Barr) Zuydhoek (mother)
Ernest Zuydhoek (brother)
William H. Zuydhoek (brother)
Marion Zuydhoek (sister)

More information

1st Lt Paul B. Zuydhoek attended college for one year and worked as the organist of Christ Church in South Amboy.

His paternal grandparents called Holland home and his maternal grandparents lived in Ireland prior to moving to America. His parents were both born in this country. Paul spent some time in Europe during the early 1930s as a tourist.

He enlisted in Trenton, New Jersey on 24 June 1941.

He was killed by German mortar fire while trying to reach his position as a forward observer to support the attack of 18th Infantry Regiment of 1st Infantry Division.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, LtCol Mario Cremer, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.fold3.com, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1930 Census / 1925 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / Family Tree, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.abmc.gov, Paul Zuydhoek (nephew), www.findagrave.com, "Last Supper" - article by Malcolm Marshall told by Leon H. Bennett in "Proud Americans" - Men of the 32nd Field Artillery Battalion in Action, World War II, pf 231-232

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet