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Personal info

Full name
HOCH, Eugene Arthur
Date of birth
20 January 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio
Hometown
Cuyahoga County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35828285
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
393rd Infantry Regiment,
99th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
17 December 1944
Place of death
Near Elsenborn, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
A 27 2

Immediate family

Members
Steve Hoch (father)
Josephine (Samuel) Hoch (mother)
Milton Hoch (brother)
Ann (Gotzich) Hoch (wife)
Eugene A. Hoch Jr. (son)

More information

Pvt Eugene A. Hoch attended East Technical High School and worked in the manufacture of miscellaneous products.

He enlisted at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana on 30 March 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, 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 / 1940 Census / Cuyahoga County, Marriage Records and Indexes. www.history.army.mil - Combat Chronicle, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: Peter Schouteten