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Personal info

Full name
BYRNE, Philip John
Date of birth
13 November 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Manhattan, New York City, New York
Hometown
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York

Military service

Service number
42186825
Rank
Private
Function
Rifleman
Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
318th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
25 December 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Tintange, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 1 24

Immediate family

Members
James Byrne (father)
Mary Byrne (mother)
Martin Byrne (brother)
Elizabeth Byrne (sister)
Michael Byrne (brother)
Katherine (McNally) Byrne (wife)

More information

Pvt Philip J. Byrne attended high school for three years and was a shipping clerk before he enlisted at Camp Upton, New York on 9 June 1944.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men, www.80thdivision.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery