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Personal info

Full name
HYDUKE, Michael Joseph Jr
Date of birth
13 May 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Milnesville, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Baltimore County, Maryland

Military service

Service number
33837907
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
359th Infantry Regiment,
90th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
11 March 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Treis-Karden, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 4 4

Immediate family

Members
Michael J. Hyduke (father)
Anna (Lukatch) Hyduke (mother)
Edward Hyduke (brother)
Bernard Hyduke (brother)
Thomas Hyduke (brother)
Marie Hyduke (sister)
Betty L. (Snyder) Hyduke (wife)
Nancy J. Hyduke (daughter)

More information

Pvt Michael J. Hyduke Jr. attended high school for 4 years before he enlisted in Allentown, Pennsylvania on 27 July 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Ronnenburg Family Tree / 1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.findagrave.com - Russ Pickett, www.newspapers.com - The Morning Call Pennsylvania - 4 April 1945

Photo source:
www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery