Missing information?

Do you have any additional information you would like to share about a soldier?

Submit

Personal info

Full name
RYSER, Cornelius J
Date of birth
13 June 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Ladysmith, Wisconsin
Hometown
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36368095
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
7th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
26 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Ferdrupt, Rupt-sur-Moselle, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 33 42

Immediate family

Members
Cornelius P. Ryser (father)
Caroline V. (Boss) Ryser (mother)
Margaret A. Ryser (sister)
James L. Ryser (brother)
Martha C. Ryser (sister)

More information

S/Sgt Cornelius J. Ryser attended high school for two years and was employed by the International Harvester Company before he enlisted in Chicago, Illinois on 31 August 1942.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in his leg.

He is also remembered on a monument in Rupt.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930/1940 Census / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Cards, History 3rd Infantry Division WWII
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy