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BYERS, Glenn Eugene - Date of
birth
4 October 1919 -
Age
25 - Place of
birth
Kansas -
Hometown
Fayetteville, Cumberland County, North Carolina
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
06938619 -
Rank
Corporal -
Function
unknown -
Unit
HQ Company,
2nd Battalion,
502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division
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Awards
Bronze Star with Oak Leaf Cluster,
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster
Death
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Status
Died non-Battle - Date of
death
31 March 1945 - Place of
death
Fürstenberg, Germany
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten - Walls of the Missing
Immediate family
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Members
Joe Byers (father)
Jennie A. (Calloway) Byers (mother)
Mae Byers (stepmother)
Russell Byers (brother)
Marcella Byers (sister)
Lyle Byers (brother)
Lois Byers (sister)
Violet Byers (sister)
Anna L. (Smith) Byers (wife)
Ila Byers (daughter)
More information
Cpl Glenn E. Byers was taken prisoner on 18 September in Hungary and died in Stalag III-B.He was initially buried at Quenz Cemetery near Brandenburg. His name was described on a metal plate on his cross but there was no identification tag found, only a paybook in his wallet which was too wet to search through. His body was identified at the Ardennes Cemetery but further investigation of his dental records could not identify him 100%. It was then decided to mark the body as unkown.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, Anna L. Kneib, www.archives.gov, www.ww2-airborne.us, www.ancestry.com - Family Trees, IDPF Edwin F. Willert, 1920/1930 Census
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Nelly Polley