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STRYKER, James Baume - Date of
birth
30 October 1924 -
Age
20 -
Place of birth
Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska -
Hometown
Douglas County, Nebraska
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
11092645 -
Rank
Private First Class -
Function
Rifleman -
Unit
K Company,
3rd Battalion,
116th Infantry Regiment,
29th Infantry Division
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Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
5 December 1944 - Place of
death
Gut Hazenfeld, Germany
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| A | 5 | 26 |
Immediate family
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Members
Hird Stryker (father)
Ruth E. (Baume) Stryker (mother)
Hird Stryker (brother)
Barbara Stryker (sister)
More information
Pfc James B. Stryker attended Central High School in Omaha, Nebraska. He joined the U.S. Army Reserve during his studies at Yale University and was transferred overseas in December 1943.He landed on Omaha Beach on D-Day and was wounded at St-Lo and hospitalized in England for a month before rejoining his outfit near Jülich, Germany.
He was killed in a minefield outside Gut Hazenfeld, Germany.
Source of information: Michel Beckers, John T. Gerlosky, Astrid van Erp, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census / Bulletin of Yale University Obituary Record of Graduates, www.americandday.org
Photo source: Nico Leers, www.ancestry.com - Central High School Omaha, Yearbook 1942, Omaha World Herald December 1944, Jean-Philippe Kleijkers