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Personal info

Full name
BRYAN, Homer Houston
Date of birth
26 October 1912
Age
31
Place of birth
Eads, Shelby County, Tennessee
Hometown
Eads, Shelby County, Tennessee

Military service

Service number
34192364
Rank
Sergeant
Function
Tank Commander
Unit
C Company,
40th Tank Battalion,
7th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
9 September 1944
Place of death
Malancourt or Manville, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
William B. Bryan (father)
Vivian P. (Houston) Bryan (mother)
Irene L. Bryan (sister)
Bettie M. Bryan (sister)
Nellie P. Bryan (sister)
Thelma R. Bryan (sister)
Louis A. Bryan (brother)
Harry L. Bryan (brother)
Leona I. Bryan (sister)
Vivian P. Bryan (sister)
Willie F. Bryan (brother)
John M. Bryan (brother)
Anna S. Bryan (sister)
Alva E. Bryan (brother)

More information

Sgt Homer H. Bryan graduated from George R. James High School and attended Memphis State University. He was employed in the Agricultural Adjustment Administration.

He enlisted at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia on 11 March 1942.

He is remembered at the Bethany Cemetery, Shelby County, Tennessee.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 / IDPF, www.7tharmddiv.org

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.findagrave.com - J Kinney, Hannah Majewski - Trish Purdy