Oscar L. Byrn hailed from the town of Wilsey in Morris County, Kansas. He began his Army service on April 30, 1943 from Fort Leavenworth Kansas. After completing his basic training at Camp Wolters, Texas, four weeks of parachute school at Fort Benning he left for overseas duty in the European Theatre on November 28, 1943. In early December Oscar arrived in Ireland, where the 82nd Airborne Divsion was stationed after leaving Naples, Italy. Staff Sergeant Byrn participatedOn September 2nd 1945 his ASR score was 81. Oscar was honorably discharged November 20, 1945 from Camp Fannin, Texas.
Left to right, A.H. Horn, G.E. Davis, Lee, "Alabama" (Jesse A. Davis), Oscar L. Byrn,
George Spartichino. Kneeling
is Staff Sergeant George M. Clark. 
The above photo is shown courtesy of the Charles Barnhart family. Charles was a veteran of H company.
3rd Battalion's H Company standing retreat at Camp Quorn, England May 1944. Click here for a larger photo.
The photo above is shown courtesy of the 505RCT Association.
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