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Personal info

Full name
BYRNES, Robert L
Date of birth
16 August 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Bay Mills, Chippewa County, Michigan
Hometown
Presque Isle, Presque Isle County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
16059041
Rank
Technical Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
HQ & HQ Company,
507th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
17th Airborne Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
24 March 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Diersfordt, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
J 13 10

Immediate family

Members
Elmer C. Byrnes (father)
Julia G. (Calverley) Byrnes (mother)
Elizabeth C. Byrnes (sister)
Elmer W. Byrnes (brother)
Frances J. Byrnes (sister)
Ralph E. Byrnes (brother)
John P. Byrnes (brother)

More information

T/Sgt Robert L. Byrnes attended college and worked as a Pre-School Teacher.

He enlisted at Fort Brady, Michigan on 8 August 1939.

T/Sgt Robert L. Byrnes was aboard a C-47 that lost its way in a smokescreen, which lead to his company being dropped on the western edge of the Diersfordt Forest.

Source of information: FOHF, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.fold3.com, www.ww2-airborne.us, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / WWII Draft Card Registration Cards / Family Trees, www.nara.gov - WWII Enlistment Records, 17th Airborne Division Historical Report of Operation Varsity, Book: The Last Drop, Operation Varsity March 24-25, 1945 by Stephen L. Wright

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Susan Folk Linton