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Personal info

Full name
SPENCER, James Elmer
Date of birth
10 June 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
Rock, Mercer County, West Virginia
Hometown
Mercer County, West Virginia

Military service

Service number
6987010
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
1st Engineer Combat Battalion,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
8 April 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Lauenförde, near the Weser River, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
A 12 18

Immediate family

Members
James W. Spencer (father)
Jennie E. (Cockram) Spencer (mother)
Howard L. Spencer (brother)
William C. Spencer (brother)
Annie L. Spencer (sister)
Oscar F. Spencer (brother)
Sally M. Spencer (sister)
Evelyn M. Spencer (sister)

More information

Pfc James E. Spencer attended McCommas High School

He joined the Regular Army on 4 December 1939.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – various family trees, www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, World War II Young American Patriots, 1941-1945