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Personal info

Full name
HYLKEMA, Richard M
Date of birth
6 March 1914
Age
30
Place of birth
Wisconsin
Hometown
Polk County, Wisconsin

Military service

Service number
36282114
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
F Company,
2nd Battalion,
413th Infantry Regiment,
104th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
4 November 1944
Place of death
Zevenbergen, The Netherlands

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
A 6 29

Immediate family

Members
Bernard Hylkema (father)
Nellie (Asma) Hylkema (mother)
Mary M. Hylkema (sister)
Gertrude Hylkema (sister)
Richard Hylkema (brother)
Bernard P. Hylkema (brother)
Nellie Hylkema (sister)
Susan Hylkema (sister)

More information

Pfc Richard M. Hylkema graduated from River Falls in 1934 in the three-year group and was a retail manager. He also attended Wisconsin State Teachers College.

He enlisted in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on 10 November 1942.

His parents were immigrants from the Netherlands and Pfc Hylkema was killed close to their birth place.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Arjan van Hassel, Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.fold3.com, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census / U.S. School Yearbook / U.S., Headstone and Interment Record, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.findagrave.com - Sandi K

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.e-yearbook.com - Wisconsin State Teachers College Yearbook 1946