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Personal info

Full name
EGGLESTON, James Thomas
Date of birth
25 November 1915
Age
30
Place of birth
Gatesville, Gates County, North Carolina
Hometown
Waterbury, New Haven County, Connecticut
Ethnicity
African American

Military service

Service number
31499976
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
351st Field Artillery Battalion
Awards
unknown

Death

Status
Died non-Battle
Date of death
17 June 1946
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
E 13 13

Immediate family

Members
James G. Eggleston (father)
Anna (Roscoe) Eggleston (mother)
Edgar Eggleston (brother)
Thurman Eggleston (brother)
Helen Eggleston (sister)
Miriam Eggleston (sister)
Albert Eggleston (twin brother)
Sylvia Eggleston (sister)
Elizabeth (Bradley) Eggleston (wife)

More information

Pfc James T. Eggleston was employed at the Chase Manufacturing Company before he enlisted in New Haven, Connecticut on 14 July 1945.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1930 Census, www.findagrave.com - Michael V Drachman 

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