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Personal info

Full name
RYAN, Robert P
Date of birth
27 April 1926
Age
18
Place of birth
Scranton, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33616352
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
357th Infantry Regiment,
90th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
1 February 1945
Place of death
Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
E 13 2

Immediate family

Members
Patrick Ryan (father)
Elizabeth A. (Mc Hugh) Ryan (mother)
Joseph T. Ryan (brother)
Patrick Ryan (brother)
John G. Ryan (brother)
Mary Ryan (sister)

More information

Pvt Robert P. Ryan enlisted in Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania on 11 August 1944.

He attended St. John's High School, South Scranton for 4 years.

He was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Foy, Belgium Block A, Row 9, Grave 217.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / Ruane Family Tree / Pennsylvania, Veteran Compensation Application Files, WWII

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.newspapers.com - The Times Tribune - 17 February 1945