US PARAS Byers, Glenn E.

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Byers ​

• FORENAME

Glenn E. ​

• UNIT

502 Parachute Infantry Regiment (HQ Company,2 Bn) ​

• RANK

Corporal ​

• NUMBER

6938619 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

31st March 1945 ​

• AGE

25​

• GRAVESITE

Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, Netherlands Tablets of the Missing ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from Chereokee County, Kansas​

born 04.10.1919 Missouri​

father Joseph Verlin Byers (1876-1956)​

mother Jennie Alma (nee Callaway) Byers (1890-1922)​

3 years high school​

attended School, Hoxie, Kansas​

employed Lucky 11 Cafe​

15.04.1940 entered service Albany, Georgia (Coastal Artillery Corps or Army Mine Planer Service)​

widower without dependents upon enlistment​

1942 married Anna Lee (nee Smith) Byers (1917-2008)​

award Bronze Star with oak leaf cluster​

18.09.1944 POW and killed Germany (Stalag 3b Furstenberg Brandenburg Prussia)​

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