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Personal info

Full name
RYALS, James Thurman
Date of birth
28 April 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Waverly Hall, Harris County, Georgia
Hometown
Upson County, Georgia

Military service

Service number
O-1317598
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
513th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
17th Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
26 January 1945
Place of death
Espeler, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 7 79

Immediate family

Members
George F. Ryals Sr. (father)
Nellie O. (Satler) Ryals (mother)
Mary H. Ryals (sister)
George F. Ryals Jr. (brother)
William R. Ryals (brother)
Helen Ryals (sister)
Robert A. Ryals (brother)

More information

1st Lt James T. Ryals joined the Regular Army in Fort McPherson Atlanta, Georgia on 9 July 1942.

He attended high school for 4 years and was a bookkeeper.

He was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Grand Failly, France

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.findagrave.com - John Mallory Land, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Cw Ryals Family, http://www.ww2-airborne.us
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery / Thomaston Upson Archives, www.ancestry.com - Sweet Magnolias