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BYAM, Loren Eugene - Date of
birth
19 November 1910 -
Age
33 - Place of
birth
Monticello, Jones County, Iowa -
Hometown
New Lisbon, Juneau County, Wisconsin
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
16131456 -
Rank
Staff Sergeant -
Function
Left Waist Gunner -
Unit
20th Bombardment Squadron,
2nd Bombardment Group, Heavy
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Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
29 August 1944 - Place of
death
Near Krhov, Czechoslovakia
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| A | 12 | 50 |
Immediate family
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Members
Elwyn S. Byam (father)
Margaret I. Byam (mother)
John C. Byam (brother)
Martha M. Byam (sister)
Wilbur R. Byam (brother)
Lewis C. Byam (brother)
Isabelle (Herrick) Byam (wife)
Plane data
- Serial
number
42-32048 -
Data
Type: B-17G
Nickname: Queen
Destination: Moravská Ostrava, Czechoslovakia
Mission: Bombing of the oil refineries
MACR: 8098
More information
S/Sgt Loren E. Byam attended college before he joined the Regular Army in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on 5 October 1942.Capt George B. Sweeney:
This group was heavily attacked by E/A from 1041 to 1100 hours. From 50/70 enemy aircraft took part, coming in aggressively to as close as twenty yards from three to nine o’clock, concentrating on the rear squadron. Because of fighters also attacking other squadrons in group, careful interrogation throughout the returned crews showed that attention was so engrossed, each in meeting their own attackers, that coherent accounts as to specific detail of just how any one or more of the planes in this squadron were lost is unobtainable.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Byam Family Tree, www.fold3.com, www.findagrave.com – Seesul, www.newspapers.com – The Daily Tribune Wisconsin 11 September 1944
Photo source: www.findarave.com - A Osman / Randy