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Personal info

Full name
FLOOD, James Leo
Date of birth
23 October 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Long Branch, Monmouth County, New Jersey
Hometown
Newark, Essex County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
13101400
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
513th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
17th Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
7 January 1945
Place of death
Near Flamierge, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 9 30

Immediate family

Members
James L. Flood (father)
Mary M. (Ryerson) Flood (mother)
Mary C. (Wilson) Flood (sister)
Thomas H. Flood (brother)
Eileen (De Drent) Flood (wife)

More information

Pvt James L. Flood worked in production of bakery products.

He joined the Regular Army in Chester, Pennsylvania on 29 July 1942.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Grand Failly, 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 Leslie Flood Hershberger Family Tree / North Carolina Marriage Records, http://www.ww2-airborne.us, WWII Draft Card
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery