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PRIVATE THEODORE E. BAYRUNS was from the
8th Ward of Camden NJ. He was the second child of the twelve born to Thomas & Helen
Bayruns. His father had come to America from Lithuania in 1911. In 1930
the family lived rented a home at 738 Tulip Street, and the elder
Bayruns was working as a waiter. Two doors down at 742 Tulip lived the
DiCamillo family, their son Angelo
DiCamillo, also was killed during the war. When the census was taken
in 1930, at home besides Theodore, was older brother Thomas,
younger brothers Albert, Francis, Paul
James, Benedict, and Robert, and sisters Eleanor, Elsie, Marie, and
Elizabeth. The family later moved to a home at 2006 South 7th Street. The
Bayruns family were members of St.
George Roman Catholic Church at 910 Chelton Avenue, which served
Camden's Lithuanian community.
After attending high school, Theodore
Bayruns worked as a welder. He was inducted into the United States Army
on January 27, 1944 at Camden NJ, and reported for active duty three
weeks later.
Theodore Bayruns was killed in action while serving with the 318th
Infantry Regiment, 80th Infantry Division, at Morey during the four day long pitched
battle for the Bois de la Rumont in France on September 23, 1944. Private Bayruns was survived by his parents, brothers,
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