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Personal info

Full name
HYE, George H
Date of birth
1922
Age
unknown
Place of birth
New Jersey
Hometown
Milltown, Middlesex County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
42104630
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
10th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
4 October 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Pounoy-la-Chétive and Sillegny, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 19 17

Immediate family

Members
Jenny E. Hye (mother)

More information

Pvt George H. Hye worked on a farm before he enlisted in Newark, New Jersey on 19 January 1944.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of St. James, France.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record, A footsoldier for Patton / Michael C. Bilder James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry Division in the ETO

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