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Personal info

Full name
HOYT, Richard A
Date of birth
24 December 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Candor, Tioga County, New York
Hometown
Candor, Tioga County, New York

Military service

Service number
06980356
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
16th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
13 April 1945
Place of death
Harz Mountains, east of Osterode am Harz, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
P 19 14

Immediate family

Members
Frederick I. Hoyt (father)
Myrtle M. (Strong) Hoyt (mother)
Clair F. Hoyt (sister)
Ellen Hoyt (wife)
Linda Hoyt (daughter)

More information

Sgt Richard A. Hoyt joined the Air Corps of the Regular Army on 27 October 1939. He served with the 8th Army Air Force in England where he had been promoted to the rank of sergeant before volunteering for duty in the infantry. He was then transferred to the 1st Division.

His brother Clair Hoyt also served with the armed forces and was wounded in action in France on 25 January 1945.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Kordula Family Tree, www.ibiblio.org, http://warchronicle.com, www.16thinfantry.com, www.newspapers.com - The Ithaca Journal / Press and Sun-Bulletin

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Candor High School yearbook 1945