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Personal info

Full name
BYRNE, Joseph Morley
Date of birth
15 October 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31031181
Rank
Technical Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
101st Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
24 November 1944
Place of death
Near Albestroff, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 14 20

Immediate family

Members
Patrick H. Byrne (father)
Annie J. (Morley) Byrne (mother)
Mary J. Byrne (sister)
John B. Byrne (brother)
Vincent P. Byrne (brother)
Regina E. Byrne (sister)

More information

T/Sgt Joseph M. Byrne attended high school for one year and was a carpenter before he enlisted in Boston, Massachusetts on 18 March 1941. He was sent overseas in August 1944.
He was killed by artillery shell fragments to his leg.
He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Limey, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Burke Family Tree / 1930 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, After Action Report 26th Infantry Division, www.newspapers.com – The Boston Globe Massachusetts 12 December 1944
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Major M / Michelle Byrne, www.ancestry.com – Mary Burkinshaw

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