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Personal info

Full name
LOCKE, James A
Date of birth
10 July 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Knox County, Kentucky
Hometown
Knox County, Kentucky

Military service

Service number
6988766
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
808th Field Artillery Battalion
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
13 February 1945
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
J 14 10

Immediate family

Members
James Locke (father)
Lizzie (Jackson) Locke (mother)
Emma Locke (sister)
George M. Locke (brother)

More information

S/Sgt James A. Locke attended college for two years and was a stoneworker.

He joined the Regular Army on 10 February 1940.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record, 1930 Census, Kentucky, Birth Index, 1911-1999

Photo source: www.findagrave.com _ Des Philippet