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Personal info

Full name
LYON, James H
Date of birth
1922
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Kentucky
Hometown
Johnson County, Kentucky

Military service

Service number
15056615
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
10th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
18 January 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Bettendorf, Diekirch, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
B 3 12

Immediate family

Members
William G. Lyon (father)
Virgle Lyon (mother)
Woodrow Lyon (brother)
Pauline Lyon (sister)
Gypsi Lyon (brother)
Dixie Lyon (brother)
Charles J. Lyon (brother)
Magdalin Lyon (sister)
Thelma M. Lyon (sister)
Eloise W. Lyon (sister)
Lola Lyon (sister)
Paul W. Lyon (brother)
Clifford E. Lyon (brother)

More information

Pvt. James H. Lyon enlisted in the Regular Army at Ft. Thomas Newport, Kentucky on 21 September 1940. He was a waiter before he enlisted.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / US City Directories / 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

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - LuxAmCem