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Personal info

Full name
RYAN, Herbert Daniel
Date of birth
12 March 1910
Age
34
Place of birth
Newburyport, Essex County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island

Military service

Service number
31464470
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
141st Infantry Regiment,
36th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
13 December 1944
Place of death
Near Kientzheim, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 26 80

Immediate family

Members
Jeremiah F. Ryan (father)
Ellen L. (Kelley) Ryan (mother)
Jerome M. Ryan (brother)
Frederick J. Ryan (brother)

More information

Pvt Herbert D. Ryan was a driver before he enlisted at Fort Devens, Massachusetts on 20 April 1944.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Hochfelden, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, https://texasmilitaryforcesmuseum.org/, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / WWII Draft Cards Young Men / WWII Hospital Admission Card Files / Ryan Family Tree, www.findagrave.com – War Graves

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Damaris Acevedo