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Personal info

Full name
LEMLEY, Byron James
Date of birth
13 January 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Livingston, Park County, Montana
Hometown
Buffalo, Erie County, New York

Military service

Service number
32478825
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
313th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
28 October 1944
Place of death
Near Remoncourt, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 29 49

Immediate family

Members
Floyd J. Lemley (father)
Florence E. (Fouts) Lemley (mother)
Victor C. Lemley (brother)
Clyde G. Lemley (brother)
Vern R. Lemley (brother)
Bert J. Lemley (brother)

More information

Pvt Byron J. Lemley attended high school for one year and was a painter before he enlisted in Buffalo, New York on 17 September 1942.

He was reported wounded in action from artillery shell fragments to his right lung, spine, and trunk on 23 October 1944 and died on 28 October 1944.

His brother, Victor C. Lemley is buried at Manila American Cemetery, Philippines.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Williams Family Tree / 1940 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card, Combat History 79th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - Russ Pickett, www.newspapers.com - Buffalo Evening News, 14 November 1944.
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy