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Personal info

Full name
BELL, James Hue
Date of birth
15 December 1915
Age
28
Place of birth
Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware
Hometown
Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware

Military service

Service number
32956314
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
D Company,
1st Battalion,
405th Infantry Regiment,
102nd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
23 November 1944
Place of death
Near Immendorf, Rur River, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
L 4 14

Immediate family

Members
Burley O. Bell (father)
Effie J. (Hargis) Bell (mother)
Joseph O. Bell (brother)
Pansy T. Bell (sister)
Louise Bell (sister)
Paul D. Bell (brother)
Helen B. Bell (sister)
Edward Bell (brother)
Sallie E. Bell (sister)
Rosebud L. (Marshall) Bell (wife)
Julia E. Bell (daughter)

More information

Pvt James H. Bell was employed by the America Car and Foundry Company before he enlisted in Camden, New Jersey on 17 August 1943.

Pvt Bell had a 3-months-old daughter, Julia Elizabeth, whom he had never seen.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.newspapers.com - The News Journal, www.ancestry.com - 1910/1920 Census

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.newspapers.com - The News Journal