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Personal info

Full name
RYLAH, Benjamin Henry
Date of birth
10 November 1915
Age
29
Place of birth
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33324655
Rank
Technician Fourth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
506th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
8 January 1945
Place of death
Near Bastogne, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
I 9 19

Immediate family

Members
Benjamin H. Rylah (father)
Elizabeth D. (Downey) Rylah (mother)
Dorothy Rylah (sister)
Grace E. Rylah (sister)
Charles C. Rylah (brother)

More information

T/4 Benjamin H. Rylah enlisted in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on 27 July 1942.

He attended high school for 4 years and was an accountant before he enlisted.

He was first lightly wounded in the leg on 9 June 1944. In July 1944 he was wounded by artillery fragments and hospitalized for 46 days. He was awarded a Purple Heart for each of these actions.

T/4 Rylah was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Grand Failly, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Astrid van Erp, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Family Tree, http://www.ww2-airborne.us
Photo source: Peter Schouteten