Sylvester, Byrl E. (Byrl Edwin), 1892-1918.

Byrl Edwin Sylvester was born at Plainview, Minnesota on October 19, 1892 to Edwin L. and Hettie L. (Dillon) Sylvester. He graduated from Plainview High School in 1914, and attended the University of Minnesota for three years before leaving to work in the Plainview State Bank, of which his father was president.

Sylvester joined the Norton-Harjes Ambulance Corps, a unit of the American Red Cross, on April 24, 1917. He left for service in France in May 1917, where he worked as an ambulance driver until he was wounded on September 12, 1917. He was subsequently decorated with the French Croix de Guerre (Cross of War) for his hard work and bravery.

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