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DEHONEY, Byron Mack Jr - Date of
birth
27 March 1922 -
Age
22 - Place of
birth
Springfield, Greene County, Missouri -
Hometown
Springfield, Greene County, Missouri
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
17073082 -
Rank
Private -
Function
unknown -
Unit
HQ & HQ Company,
101st Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
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Awards
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
13 November 1944 - Place of
death
Metz, France
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| C | 24 | 60 |
Immediate family
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Members
Byron M. Dehoney (father)
Edith P. (Knight) Dehoney (mother)
Ernest I. Dehoney (brother)
Doris N. Dehoney (sister)
Reba C. (Radley) Dehoney (wife)
More information
Pvt Byron M. Dehoney Jr. graduated from Central High School and attended State College for one year before he joined the U.S. Army Reserve in Springfield, Missouri on 23 April 1942.After basic training at Fort Leavenworth and Fort Leonard Wood, he was sent to the Radar School at Reabody State College, Tennessee.
He was sent overseas on 27 August 1944.
He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Limey, France.
His brother Ernest I. Dehoney is remembered on the Tablets of the Missing at the East Coast Memorial, New York.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Chism Family Tree, www.findagrave.com - mokennehan, After Action Report 26th Infantry Division
Photo source: www.ancestry.com - U.S. School Yearbooks Springfield Missouri, Bio