PVT Lloyd George Runyan

PVT Lloyd George Runyan was born 21 May 1925 in Owosso, Michigan. He was the 6th of William Henry and Julia Alice (Potter) Runyan's 14 children 5 of whom died in infancy or were still-born. His father was a railroad conductor earning a reported 1939 income of $2600 and owning a home at 202 West Oliver Street in Corunna, Michigan valued at $3000 in 1940. After leaving school Lloyd worked for Bryant as farm labor.

Lloyd was drafted in July 1943. He attended basic training at Camp Wolters, Texas before attending the Parachute School at Fort Benning, Georgia from which he graduated on 21 Feb 1944. In March 1944 he was sent to the European theater and was transferred from the replacement depot to C Company 116th Infantry on 17 Jul 1944. PVT Runyan was killed in action on 30 Jul 1944 in the vicinity of Moyon, France.

PVT Runyan rests forever in the Brittany American Cemetery and the family has a cenotaph for him in the Hillcrest Memorial Gardens in Owosso, Michigan.

Several of his older brothers also served during the war. Luther Earl Runyan served in the U.S. Army 1944-1945. Raymond Gerald Runyan served as a PVT in Service Battery 557th Field Artillery Battalion. Leroy Arthur Runyan served in the U.S. Army in Italy. William Henry Runyan Jr. served as a F1c in the U.S. Navy in the South Pacific.