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Personal info

Full name
HYDE, Francis J
Date of birth
20 February 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Holyoke, Hampden County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Holyoke, Hampshire County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
20108246
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
328th Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
11 November 1944
Place of death
Koecking Woods, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
J 17 30

Immediate family

Members
Albert M. Hyde (father)
Eva T. Hyde (mother)
Lillian Hyde (sister)
Jane (Steitz) Hyde (wife)

More information

Sgt Francis J. Hyde graduated from Rosary High School in 1938 and was a draftsman before he joined the National Guard in Holyoke, Massachusetts on 16 January 1941.
He was killed by small arms fire in his neck.
He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Limey, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Kathy McDermott, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1940 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.findagrave.com, After Action Report 26th Infantry Division
Photo source: www.findagrave.com, Holyoke Transcript-Telegram - 22 November 1944