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Personal info

Full name
BYRD, James Eldon
Date of birth
27 July 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Coffee County, Alabama
Hometown
Baldwin County, Alabama

Military service

Service number
34801670
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
501st Parachute Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
19 December 1944
Place of death
Bastogne, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
C 6 7

Immediate family

Members
Nellie J. Byrd (father)
Odie (Hughes) Byrd (mother)
Celia (Hadley) Byrd (stepmother)
Maggie Byrd (sister)
J. C. Byrd (brother)

More information

Pfc James E. Byrd enlisted in Fort McClellan, Alabama on 2 April 1943.
He was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Grand Failly, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, http://www.ww2-airborne.us, WWII Draft Card
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Luxembourg American Cemetery