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STRYKER, James Baume - Date of
birth
30 October 1924 -
Age
20 - Place of
birth
Omaha, 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 enlisted out of Yale in the Summer of 1943 and was transferred overseas in December 1943. He landed on Omaha Beach D-Day and was wounded at St-Lo. Stryker was hospitalized in England for a month before rejoining his outfit at the Siegfried Line 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