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Personal info

Full name
MAYES, James Ulysses Jr
Date of birth
15 September 1921
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Coal County, Oklahoma
Hometown
Pontotoc, Pontotoc County, Mississippi

Military service

Service number
38154517
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
7th Armored Infantry Battalion,
8th Armored Division
Awards
unknown

Death

Status
Died non-Battle
Date of death
14 July 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Pilsen, Czechoslovakia

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
K 7 15

Immediate family

Members
James U. Mayes Sr. (father)
Nancy P. (Armistead) Mayes (mother)
Luther C. Mayes (brother)
Joe L. Mayes (brother)
Thomas E. Mayes (brother)
Georgia F. Mayes ((sister)
Walter L. Mayes (brother)
Fern Mayes (wife)

More information

Pfc James U. Mayes was a farmhand before he enlisted in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma on 7 July 1942.

He was killed by an accidental shot in the head by a rifle,

Source of information:  www..abmc.gov, www.findagrave.com, www.ancestry.com, https://www.8th-armored.org/rosters/7svc-rst.htm

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Vindicator I / J