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Personal info

Full name
TRYON, Edgar Lewis
Date of birth
18 January 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Ellisburg, Jefferson County, New York
Hometown
Pineville, Oswego County, New York

Military service

Service number
32676777
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
501st Parachute Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
4 October 1944
Place of death
Near Nijmegen, Holland

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
M 14 6

Immediate family

Members
Herman E. Tryon (father)
Christine H. (Harris) Tryon (mother)
Glenn Tryon (brother)
Ethel C. Tryon (sister)
Sara Tryon (sister)
Herman Tryon (brother)
Lois Tryon (sister)
Esther E. (Clark) Tryon (wife)
Joan Tryon (daughter)
Paul Tryon (son)

More information

Pvt Edgar L. Tryon enlisted in Syracuse, New York on 15 December 1942.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Molenhoek, The Netherlands.

Source of information: Astrid van Erp, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, WW2-airborne.us, www.ancestry.com - Family Trees / 1930 Census / Headstone and Interment Record, http://nyshistoricnewspapers.org - The Pulaski Democrat, New York State Birth Index

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.ancestry.com - Family Tree