Earl Daniel Ryburn was the son of John Daniel Sharp Ryburn and Cora Lee Ray. He died of injuries caused by an automobile accident in Texas.

McAllen – Private Earl D. Ryburn of Moore Field was critically injured when the car in which he was riding and riven by Sgt. Edmund Alff, also of Moore Field, crashed into a telephone post near Pharr and overturned. Ryburn was crushed beneath the car. Sergeant Alff was unconscious when found but not seriously injured.

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  • Rank: Private
  • Date of birth:
  • 25 January 1909
  • Date of death: 14 September 1942
  • County: Unicoi
  • Hometown: Erwin
  • Service Branch: Army/Army Air Forces
  • Conflict: World War II
  • Burial/Memorial Location: Evergreen Cemetery, Erwin, Unicoi County, TN
  • Location In Memorial: Pillar XIX, Top Panel
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