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Personal info

Full name
RYAN, William J
Date of birth
1921
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Massachusetts
Hometown
Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31431626
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
10th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
20 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Pournoy-la-Chétive, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 15 23

Immediate family

Members
Thomas E. Ryan (father)
Malinda Ryan (mother)
Daniel Ryan (brother)
Catherine Ryan (sister)
Margaret Ryan (sister)
Edward T. Ryan (brother)
James M. Ryan (brother)
Joseph Ryan (brother)
Pauline A. Ryan (sister)
Charles L. Ryan (brother)
Mildred Ryan (sister)
Barbara Ryan (sister)
Bernard Ryan (brother)

More information

Pvt. William J. Ryan worked as a stevedore before he enlisted in Boston, Massachusetts on 29 January 1944.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Limey, France.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil 1942-1949, A footsoldier for Patton / Michael C. Bilder James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry Division in the ETO

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