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Personal info

Full name
O'BRIEN, James
Date of birth
21 April 1911
Age
33
Place of birth
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Gloucester County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
32073460
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
771st Tank Battalion
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
18 February 1945
Place of death
Heerlen, the Netherlands

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
M 8 3

Immediate family

Members
Edward O'Brien (father)
Edward A. O'Brien (brother)

More information

Sgt James O'Brien enlisted in Trenton, New Jersey on 13 May 1941.

He died of wounds at the 111th Evacuation Hospital in Heerlen.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Woodbury Daily Times - 24 March 1945