Wayne M. Lybeck

First Sergeant Wayne Mercel Lybeck grave marker photo

World War II
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Fallen

County:
Cass

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Army

Rank:
1st Sergeant

Regiment / Group / Brigade:
357th Infantry Regiment

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:
90th Division
Listed on/in the:
Register of North Dakota Veterans World War II 1941-1945 and Korean Conflict 1950-1953, published 1968

Major Battle/Theatre:
European African Middle Eastern Theater

Circumstances:

Killed in action in Luxembourg, Germany

Biography:

Wayne Mercel Lybeck was born in Jessie, Griggs County, North Dakota on March 19, 1919, to Olai Christian Lybeck and Ruth Groven Lybeck. He later became a resident of Fargo, Cass County, North Dakota. He entered the United States Army at Fort Snelling, Minnesota on March 29, 1942, and served in the European African Middle Eastern Theater. First Sergeant Lybeck was killed in action on January 11, 1945, in Luxembourg, Germany and is buried in Grave 391- N, Section B-1, Fort Snelling National Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota.

Source: Ancestry/Find a Grave