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Personal info

Full name
BAYNE, Jack Richard
Date of birth
2 September 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
St. Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri
Hometown
St. Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri

Military service

Service number
37512551
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
Radio Technician
Unit
36th Infantry Division,
36th Cavalry Reconnaissance Troop (Mechanized)
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
23 March 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
J 33 35

Immediate family

Members
Neil W. Bayne (father)
Gladys (Baldwin) Bayne (mother)

More information

Jack R. Bayne graduated from Central High School and worked for the News-Press.

He enlisted at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas on 1 March 1943 and was sent overseas in July 1943. He saw action in Italy and took part in the invasion of Southern France.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / https://36thid.frb.io / www.newspapers.com - St. Joseph News-Press - 13 April 1945

Photo source: www.ancestry.com - U.S. School Yearbooks, St. Joseph Central High School 1942, St. Joseph, Missouri

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