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Personal info

Full name
SASSER, James M
Date of birth
22 April 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Knox County, Kentucky
Hometown
Knox County, Kentucky

Military service

Service number
6986099
Rank
Private
Function
Heavy Machine Gunner
Unit
H Company,
2nd Battalion,
317th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
8 October 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Sivry, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
F 8 37

Immediate family

Members
William H. Sasser (father)
Rosa M. (Engle) Sasser (mother)
Tillman W. Sasser (brother)
Woodrow W. Sasser (brother)
Henry T. Sasser (half-brother)
Nancy Sasser (half-sister)
J. M. Sasser (half-brother)
John P. Sasser (half-brother)
Taylor F. Sasser (half-brother)
Lucy A. Sasser (half-sister)
Wanda S. (Kolosa) Sasser (wife)

More information

Pvt James M. Sasser had a postgraduate degree before he joined the Regular Army on 22 October 1939.

He was reported missing in action on 5 October.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930/1940 Census / Wheeler Watkins Family Tree, www.80thdivision.com
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