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BYRD, Orville Cyrus Jr - Date of
birth
17 October 1921 -
Age
23 - Place of
birth
Vincennes, Knox County, Indiana -
Hometown
Knox County, Indiana
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
35840899 -
Rank
Private First Class -
Function
unknown -
Unit
47th Armored Infantry Battalion,
5th Armored Division
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Awards
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
12 April 1945 - Place of
death
Werben, Germany
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| K | 7 | 18 |
Immediate family
-
Members
Orville C. Byrd (father)
Winifred B. (Berry) Byrd (mother)
Henrietta Byrd (sister)
Francis Byrd (sister)
Catherine Byrd (sister)
John Byrd (brother)
Anna B. Byrd (sister)
James Byrd (brother)
Mary Byrd (sister)
William Byrd (brother)
Richard E. Byrd (brother)
Linda Byrd (sister)
Margaret L. Byrd (wife)
More information
Orville Byrd Jr. was a fireman.He enlisted at Fort Benjamin Harrison in Indiana on 30 May 1944.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.5ad.org, www.ancestry.com - Family Trees / Headstone and Interment Record, Indiana, Birth Certificates, 1907-1940, 1940 Census
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, The Vincennes Sun-Commercial - 14 May 1945