Union City Times-Gazette, Tuesday, September 7, 1948
Pvt. James Walter Byrum
Funeral arrangements have been completed for Pvt. James Walter Byrum, whose body will arrive in Union City by train at 11:12 a. m. Wednesday.
Services will be held on Thursday at 2 p. m. at the Fraze funeral home in Union City with Rev. Zelma Mills officiating. Full military burial in charge of the American Legion will be made in Saratoga cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 12 o'clock noon Wednesday.
Pvt. Byrum, who resided on Winchester, route four, prior to entering the service, was killed in action in Germany on December 6, 1944, at the age of 19.
Surviving are the parents, Mr. and Mrs. Orla Byrum, now residing near Union City, and five brothers and sisters, Mrs. Lester Walling, of North Salem, Mrs. Keith Halley, of Union City, Harold Byrum, of near Union City, and Carroll and Freddie Byrum, at home. One sister preceded him in death.
His body was among the remains of 5,864 American servicemen returned from Europe aboard the army transport Lawrence Victory.
He was born on January 12, 1925 in Darke county and moved with his family to Randolph county at the age of five. He graduated from Saratoga high school and followed the occupation of farming before entering the service in May 1944.
Pvt. Byrum received his basic training at Fort McClellan, Alabama.
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U. S. Army Service No. (ASN): #35837689
B Company, 334th Infantry Regiment, 84th Infantry Division
James W. Byrum is listed as Killed In Action in the 1946 Army and Army Air Forces Personnel Casualty List for Randolph County, Indiana.
U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947, lists his residence as R. R. 4, Winchester, (Ward Twp.), Randolph County, Indiana. Contact person listed as Mrs. Wanda Walling, R. R., Union City, Indiana. High School Student (Saratoga High School) at time of registration.
***I would like to thank Ron Find A Grave ID 46902513 for creating this memorial as well as adding his gravesite photo to it***
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***I would like to thank Rosie Find A Grave ID 47922598 for linking family members to this memorial***
Union City Times-Gazette, Tuesday, September 7, 1948
Pvt. James Walter Byrum
Funeral arrangements have been completed for Pvt. James Walter Byrum, whose body will arrive in Union City by train at 11:12 a. m. Wednesday.
Services will be held on Thursday at 2 p. m. at the Fraze funeral home in Union City with Rev. Zelma Mills officiating. Full military burial in charge of the American Legion will be made in Saratoga cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 12 o'clock noon Wednesday.
Pvt. Byrum, who resided on Winchester, route four, prior to entering the service, was killed in action in Germany on December 6, 1944, at the age of 19.
Surviving are the parents, Mr. and Mrs. Orla Byrum, now residing near Union City, and five brothers and sisters, Mrs. Lester Walling, of North Salem, Mrs. Keith Halley, of Union City, Harold Byrum, of near Union City, and Carroll and Freddie Byrum, at home. One sister preceded him in death.
His body was among the remains of 5,864 American servicemen returned from Europe aboard the army transport Lawrence Victory.
He was born on January 12, 1925 in Darke county and moved with his family to Randolph county at the age of five. He graduated from Saratoga high school and followed the occupation of farming before entering the service in May 1944.
Pvt. Byrum received his basic training at Fort McClellan, Alabama.
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U. S. Army Service No. (ASN): #35837689
B Company, 334th Infantry Regiment, 84th Infantry Division
James W. Byrum is listed as Killed In Action in the 1946 Army and Army Air Forces Personnel Casualty List for Randolph County, Indiana.
U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947, lists his residence as R. R. 4, Winchester, (Ward Twp.), Randolph County, Indiana. Contact person listed as Mrs. Wanda Walling, R. R., Union City, Indiana. High School Student (Saratoga High School) at time of registration.
***I would like to thank Ron Find A Grave ID 46902513 for creating this memorial as well as adding his gravesite photo to it***
***I would like to thank DSON1492 Find A Grave ID 46855689 for adding their gravesite photo to this memorial***
***I would like to thank Rosie Find A Grave ID 47922598 for linking family members to this memorial***
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