"War Department Lieutenant"
- Rank: 1st Lieutenant
- Occupational Speciality: Unknown
- Organization: Army General Staff, Army Ground Forces
In the days following Operation Overlord, a clerk in the War Department informed this lieutenant (Eric Loren) of the deaths of three brothers in the Ryan family.
Aware that a fourth brother, Private James Ryan, was probably still alive, the lieutenant brought the matter to the attention of Captain T. E. Sanders.
