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Personal info

Full name
BYERLY, John T
Date of birth
2 October 1914
Age
30
Place of birth
Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee
Hometown
Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee

Military service

Service number
O-350300
Rank
Captain
Function
unknown
Unit
B Battery,
959th Field Artillery Battalion
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
23 May 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Salzwedel, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
F 19 8

Immediate family

Members
John L. Byerly (father)
Barsha N. Byerly (mother)
Edna M. C. Byerly (sister)
Earnest E. Byerly (brother)
Ira M. Byerly (brother)
Helen I. Byerly (wife)

More information

Capt John T. Byerly attended Knoxville High School with the class of 1933 where he served as Class President.

He was initially buried in a temporary grave at Margraten on 26 May 1945. After being disinterred when the cemetery was given a permanent status, he was given his final resting place on 12 January 1949.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone Inscription and Interment Record , 1920 US Census, IDPF

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Roger Cobben, Knoxville High School, 1931