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Personal info

Full name
HYDEN, Thomas Jefferson
Date of birth
17 December 1915
Age
29
Place of birth
Barbourville, Knox County, Kentucky
Hometown
Warren, Trumbull County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35045469
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
823rd Tank Destroyer Battalion
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Died non-Battle
Date of death
15 April 1945
Place of death
Near Bottmersdorf, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 26 41

Immediate family

Members
William M. Hyden (father)
Martha (Garrett) Hyden (mother)
William U. Hyden (brother)
Louise Hyden (sister)
Martin L. Hyden (brother)
Thelma Hyden (sister)
Olen W. Hyden (brother)
Annie G. Hyden (sister)
Robert D. Hyden (brother)
Reppie Hyden (sister)
Clayton W. Hyden (brother)
Emanuel Hyden (brother)
Florence (Bruce) Hyden (wife)

More information

T/5 Thomas J. Hyden was a filling station attendant before he enlisted in Cleveland, Ohio on 16 October 1941.

He was killed by a land mine while he was in a vehicle.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Champigneul, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Garrett Family Tree / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.findagrave.com - Gene A. Logist, www.tankdestroyer.net
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy