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Personal info

Full name
DRYDEN, Earl
Date of birth
20 July 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Snow Hill, Worcester County, Maryland
Hometown
Wicomico County, Maryland

Military service

Service number
33898998
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
315th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart

Death

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

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
D 10 17

Immediate family

Members
John A. Dryden (father)
Mamie E. (Burke) (mother)
Harry L. Conway (stepfather)
Katherine M. Dryden (sister)
Florence B. Dryden (sister)
John Dryden (brother)
Elsie M. Conway (half sister)
William T. Conway (half brother)

More information

Pfc Earl Dryden enlisted in Baltimore, Maryland on 5 November 1943.

His brother, John Dryden, also served in Europe and was at a certain time hospitalized in England after being wounded in action.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - WWII Enlistment Record / Headstone and Interment Record / Salisbury Times / Family Trees

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.newspapers.com - The Salisbury Daily Times