US PARAS Byrum, John Wesley

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Byrum ​

• FORENAME

John Wesley​

• UNIT

511 Parachute Infantry Regiment (Company C) ​

• RANK

Private First Class ​

• NUMBER

34602702 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

27th April 1945 ​

• AGE

21​

• GRAVESITE

Evergreen Cemetery, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from Mecklenburg County, North Carolina​

born 03.04.1924, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA​

father Walter Martin Byrum (1894-1965)​

mother Mary Elizabeth Sybil (nee Gillespie) Byrum (1903-1994)​

3 years high school​

civil occupation Carpenter​

single without dependents upon enlistment​

21.01.1943 entered service Camp Croft, South Carolina​

1944 married Frances Dora (nee Helms)​

02.1945 WIA​

KIA Luzon, Philippines ​

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