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Personal info

Full name
HYDOCK, Paul
Date of birth
8 July 1920
Age
25
Place of birth
Ridoch, Warren County, Ohio
Hometown
Edwardsville, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33137464
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
M Company,
3rd Battalion,
18th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star with Oak Leaf Cluster,
Purple Heart with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
19 October 1945
Place of death
Haaren, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Walls of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Michael Hydock (father)
Helen Hydock (mother)
Michael Hydock (brother)
Joseph Hydock (brother)
Mary Hydock (sister)
Helen Hydock (sister)
Andrew Hydock (brother)

More information

Pfc Paul Hydock enlisted at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland on 3 February 1942. He was sent overseas in July 1944.

He was reported missing in action on 18 October 1944 when his observation post was overrun by the Germans and was officially decleared death one day and one year after he was reported missing in action.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record,
www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census / Veteran Compensation Application File, www.newspapers.com - The Wilkes-Barre Record, IDPF of Bernal Seferino

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Laura Phillips