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Personal info

Full name
PERRIN, Hyde Oliver
Date of birth
26 December 1921
Age
22
Place of birth
Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana
Hometown
Edgar County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
16098811
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
379th Infantry Regiment,
95th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
19 October 1944
Place of death
Metz, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
B 21 48

Immediate family

Members
Horace P. Perrin (father)
Janet (Poore) Perrin (mother)
William P. Perrin (brother)
Mary J. Perrin (sister)

More information

Pvt Hyde O. Perrin volunteered for the U.S. Army in Chicago, Illinois on 16 July 1942.

He attended high school for 2 years and was a machinist.

He was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Andilly, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Obley Family Tree / Indiana Birth Certificates, http://mathieu.gitzhofer.free.fr/irongb.php
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