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Personal info

Full name
ILLINGWORTH, James Thacker
Date of birth
8 September 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Racine County, Wisconsin
Hometown
Racine County, Wisconsin

Military service

Service number
16116613
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
414th Infantry Regiment,
104th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
24 November 1944
Place of death
Eschweiler, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
E 4 47

Immediate family

Members
Charles W. Illingworth (father)
Vera E. (Johnson) Illingworth (mother)
Margaret J. Illingworth (sister)
Richard J. Illingworth (brother)
Leola (Reynolds) Illingworth (wife)

More information

Pfc James T. Illingworth graduated from Washington Park High School. He was a senior at Stout Institute when he joined the U.S. Army Reserve in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on 14 September 1942.

He was married to Leola Reynolds on 27 June 1943, two months before he was sent overseas.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Astrid van Erp, Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - D. Frazer Family Tree / Headstone and Interment Record, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.newspaperarchive.com - Racine Journal Times

Photo source: www.findagrave.com, Des Philippet, www.newspaperarchive.com - Racine Journal Times, www.ancestry.com - Stout Institute Yearbook 1943 / Washington Park High School Yearbook 1939