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Personal info

Full name
LYMAN, Carl Oscar Hans
Date of birth
14 September 1915
Age
29
Place of birth
Brockton, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Plymouth County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31018842
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
101st Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
30 December 1944
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
E 16 62

Immediate family

Members
Oscar P. Lyman (father)
Ida Lyman (mother)
Iver Lyman (brother)
Otto Lyman (brother)
Victor Lyman (brother)

More information

Pfc Carl O. H. Lyman enlisted in Boston, Massachusetts on 3 March 1941.

He attended high school for 4 years and was a carpenter before he enlisted.

He was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Foy, Belgium Block F, Row 9, Grave 209.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1940 Census

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet