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Personal info

Full name
BYERS, Mack McKinley
Date of birth
31 March 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
Iredell County, North Carolina
Hometown
Statesville, Iredell County, North Carolina

Military service

Service number
34964037
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
47th Infantry Regiment,
9th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
8 March 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
D 5 33

Immediate family

Members
Julius Byers (father)
Annie Byers (mother)
Grady Byers (sister)
Oliver Byers (brother)
George Byers (brother)
Zebedee Byers (brother)
Helen L. (Stewart) Byers (wife)
Kenneth R. Byers (son)
Patricia A. Byers (daughter)

More information

Pfc Mack M. Byers enlisted at Fort Bragg, North Carolina on 19 March 1944 and was sent overseas in January 1945.
PFC Byers died instantly when struck by the fire of a sniper's bullet.

Source of information: FOHF, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - The 11 June 1945 / Gaston County Rimmers Family Tree / WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1920 Census, Statesville Record & Landmark (Statesville, North Carolina) - 11 June 1945

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Patricia Byers (daughters) - courtesy of Dennis Hermsen