the name escapes me right now, Burns mannaged to include the family that the movie saving privet ryan was based on
That was the Niland family. Their son Fritz, was the 101st trooper. His brothers were: Robert (82nd - killed on D-Day near Neuville-Au-Plain), Preston (4th Infantry Div. - killed on June 7th, '44 near Utah Beach), and Edward (Army Air Force - his B-25 had been shot down May 16th, '44 over Burma and was presumed dead)
Father Sampson, chaplain of the 501st PIR 101st AB, started the paperwork to get Fritz Niland out of the ETO once he heard of his brother's deaths. Niland was with his unit - no rescue was sent out cause they knew where he was. He stayed with his unit for a few weeks until the paperwork went through. He was then forced to return to the states and spent the rest of the war as an MP in New York.
Turned out Edward Niland had not died, but was captured and remained a POW until being rescued by the British in 1945. The two deceased Niland brothers are buried in the Normandy cemetary.