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Personal info

Full name
BYRN, James David
Date of birth
17 February 1912
Age
33
Place of birth
Waverly, Humphreys County, Tennessee
Hometown
Lawton, Comanche County, Oklahoma

Military service

Service number
38569253
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
3rd Tank Battalion,
10th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
21 March 1945
Place of death
Neustadt an der Weinstrasse, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Roy W. Byrn (father)
Adelia M. (Binkley) Byrn (mother)
Robert B. Byrn (brother)
Allen R. Byrn (brother)
John T. Byrn (twin brother)
Jessie L. Byrn (brother)
Ernest E. Byrn (brother)
Pauline (Cortheye) Byrn (wife)
James H. Byrn (son)
Frederick M. Byrn (son)

More information

Pvt James D. Byrn attended high school for four years and was a cook at Bennie's Cafe before he enlisted in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma on 25 January 1944. He was sent overseas in September 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com - James H. Byrn, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.findagrave.com - Karen Smith / John Trapper, www.10tharmored.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Frogman / John Trapper / Karen Smith, www.newspaperarchive.com - The Lawton Constitution