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Personal info

Full name
TYRE, Hugh King
Date of birth
1922
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31186290
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Ammunition Handler
Unit
M Company,
3rd Battalion,
318th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
8 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Clémery, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
J 45 22

Immediate family

Members
Robert K. Tyre Sr. (father)
Elizabeth P. Tyre (mother)
Robert K. Tyre Jr. (brother)
Helen M. Tyre (sister)
Agnes M. Tyre (sister)

More information

Pfc Hugh K. Tyre attended high school for four years and worked in a machine shop before he enlisted at Fort Devens, Massachusetts on 22 October 1942.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930/1940 Census / All My Cousins Family Tree, www.80thdivision.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Emmanuel Vincent