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Personal info

Full name
RYDER, Harold Laverne
Date of birth
11 October 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Shelby County, Illinois
Hometown
Trowbridge, Shelby County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36365280
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
101st Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

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

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
B 15 59

Immediate family

Members
Marshall Ryder (father)
Mary M. Ryder (mother)
Floyd Ryder (brother)
Wilma R. Ryder (sister)
Wanda Ryder (sister)
Maggie A. Ryder (wife)

More information

Pvt Harold L. Ryder worked on the family farm before he enlisted in Chicago, Illinois on 20 August 1942.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments.

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 / 1940 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, After Action Report 26th Infantry Division
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