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Personal info

Full name
JAMES, John W
Date of birth
1919
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Pennsylvania
Hometown
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33321364
Rank
Sergeant
Function
Squad Leader
Unit
D Company,
1st Battalion,
317th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
12 October 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Montenoy, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 9 74

Immediate family

Members
Herman James (father)
Mae James (mother)
Herman H. James (brother)
Ernest T. Price (half-brother)
Erna R. Price (half-sister)
Berniece R. Price (half-sister)

More information

Sgt John W. James attended high school for two years and worked in a paper factory before he enlisted in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on 7 July 1942.
He was reported missing in action on 8 October.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record, www.80thDivision.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – a2