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Personal info

Full name
BRUMMETT, James Wyth
Date of birth
14 August 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Cranes Nest, Wise County, Virginia
Hometown
Logan County, West Virginia

Military service

Service number
35658601
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Ammunition Bearer
Unit
M Company,
3rd Battalion,
116th Infantry Regiment,
29th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
25 November 1944
Place of death
Koslar, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
C 6 17

Immediate family

Members
Samuel Brummett (father)
Bertha (Johnson) Brummett (mother)
Nancie Brummett (sister)
Inez M. Brummett (sister)
Paul Brummett (brother)

More information

Pfc James W. Brummett was employed at the Amherst Coal Company.

He enlisted in Huntington, West Virginia on 21 April 1943.
He landed on Omaha Beach on D-Day and was lightly wounded in action on 17 June 1944. He was promoted to Pfc on 1 November 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.findagrave.com, WWII Draft Card, 1940 Census

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet