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Personal info

Full name
BYRNE, John J
Date of birth
1921
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Pennsylvania
Hometown
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
32683244
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
378th Infantry Regiment,
95th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
29 November 1944
Place of death
Metz, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
B 19 11

Immediate family

Members
Michael F. Byrne (father)
Margaret (Mullooly) Byrne (mother)
Joseph Byrne (brother)
Lawrence Byrne (brother)
Mary Byrne (sister)
Michael J. Byrne (brother)

More information

Pfc John J. Byrne enlisted in New York City, New York on 14 December 1942.
He attended high school for 4 years and was a meatcutter before he enlisted.
He was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery 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 / 1940 Census / U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, http://mathieu.gitzhofer.free.fr/irongb.php
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Major M