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Personal info

Full name
RYAN, Donald Ray
Date of birth
21 February 1925
Age
20
Place of birth
Independence, Jackson County, Missouri
Hometown
Jackson County, Missouri

Military service

Service number
37533235
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
422nd Infantry Regiment,
106th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died non-Battle
Date of death
12 April 1945
Place of death
POW Camp Stalag 4B at Mühlberg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
D 9 40

Immediate family

Members
Joseph E. Ryan (father)
Eunice V. Ryan (mother)
Ruby Ryan (sister)
Glen Ryan (brother)
Keith Ryan (brother)

More information

Pfc Donald R. Ryan was taken prisoner of war in the vicinity of Schlausenbach, Germany on 16 December 1944.

He died in a POW camp and was initially buried at the East Cemetery at Leipzig/Pegau. He was disinterred by an American Search and Recovery Team on 12 August 1947 and evacuated to Ardennes Cemetery.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – World War II Prisoners of War Data File, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / 1930 Census, IDPF of George J. Bingham, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: Jac Engels