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Personal info

Full name
HAYDEN, Raymond E "Ray"
Date of birth
8 December 1924
Age
19
Place of birth
Minnesota
Hometown
McKenzie, Burleigh County, North Dakota

Military service

Service number
37579843
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
HQ Company,
1st Battalion,
331st Infantry Regiment,
83rd Infantry Division,
Communications Platoon
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
7 December 1944
Place of death
Near Grosshau, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
H 10 61

Immediate family

Members
Leon S. Hayden (father)
Marguerite Hayden (mother)
Richard Hayden (brother)
George Hayden (brother)
Robert Hayden (brother)
Margaret Hayden (sister)
Gertrude Hayden (sister)
Wilbur Hayden (brother)
Mary Hayden (sister)
Doris Hayden (sister)

More information

Pfc Raymond E. Hayden was a chauffeur.

He enlisted at Fort Snelling Minnesota on 18 October 1943.

He was hit by a mortar shell while stringing a telephone line.

Source of information: Terry Hirsch, Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / 1920/1930/1940 Census, Jelle Thys, http://83rdinfdivdocs.org - After Action Report / Jelle Thys

Photo source: http://83rdinfdivdocs.org/