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Personal info

Full name
HYDER, Charles Aubry
Date of birth
30 July 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Bristow County, Texas
Hometown
Tahoka, Lynn County, Texas

Military service

Service number
38693506
Rank
Private
Function
Rifleman
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
318th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
27 December 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Livarchamps, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 11 68

Immediate family

Members
William O. Hyder (father)
Brunie C. (Pipes) Hyder (mother)
Opal F. Hyder (sister)
Mary B. Hyder (sister)
Artie Hyder (brother)
Clyde Hyder (brother)
Connie Hyder (sister)

More information

Pvt Charles A. Hyder worked on a farm before he enlisted on 30 July 1943.

He was killed by a bullet in the heart.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.80thdivision.com
Photo source: Peter Schouteten