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Personal info

Full name
VINYARD, James T
Date of birth
1921
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Hardin County, Illinois
Hometown
St. Clair County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36062994
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
379th Infantry Regiment,
95th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
10 December 1944
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
J 45 14

Immediate family

Members
Thomas M. Vinyard (father)
Maude E. (Hathorn) Vinyard (mother)
Catherine R. Vinyard (sister)
Edith O. Vinyard (sister)
William Vinyard (brother)
Geraldine Vinyard (sister)
Charles K. Vinyard (brother)
Thomas M. Vinyard (brother)
Jack Vinyard (brother)
Peggy G. Vinyard (sister)
Loreda M. (Frailey) Vinyard (wife)

More information

Sgt James T. Vinyard enlisted in East St Louis, Illinois on 10 July 1942.

He attended high school for 4 years before he enlisted.

He was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Limey, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Vinyard Family Tree / 1930 Census / Missouri Marriage Records, http://mathieu.gitzhofer.free.fr/irongb.php

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