Albert R. Bryan

Rank: Private, U.S. Army

Serial: 32957115

Unit: 116th Infantry Regiment, 29th Infantry Division

Entered service from: New Jersey

Died: June 20, 1944

Burial: Normandy American Cemetery, Plot G, Row 26, Grave 32, Colleville-sur-Mer, France

Private Albert R. Bryan lived at 1043 Princess Avenue in the Parkside neighborhood of Camden NJ. He served with the 116th Infantry Regiment of the 29th Infantry Division, the unit that stormed Omaha Beach on D-Day, June 6, 1944. He died of his wounds on June 20, 1944, and is buried at Normandy American Cemetery in Plot G, Row 26, Grave 32.

Albert’s father, James Bryan, died in an automobile accident on the same day that Albert died — June 20, 1944.