September 28, 2021 – West Bend, Wi – It was May 5, 2021 when a story was posted on WashingtonCountyInsider.com recognizing the 100th birthday of World War II veteran Alice Byrne
Alice, a resident at Cedar Bay West, detailed how she enlisted in the U.S. Army in May 1944 when she was 23 years old.
“One Sunday morning the Cleveland Plain Dealer came out with headlines this high,” she said holding her hands about 5-inches apart. “The paper read, ‘Congress to draft nurses,’ so we put our heads together and decided you get drafted you go in as a private and if you enlist you went in as a second lieutenant. So guess what we did….”
Alice was chatty, sharp and vibrant. John and Donna Kleinmaus presented her with a West Bend Color Guard certificate from the Lt. Ray Dickop Post 36.
Over the weekend Donna Kleinmaus was contacted by the Byrne family notifying her Alice died Saturday, September 25, 2021.
Funeral details will be posted when information becomes available.
Click HERE to read more about Alice Byrne’s history in the U.S. Army.