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Personal info

Full name
SLAYSMAN, James Joseph "Dutch"
Date of birth
10 July 1911
Age
33
Place of birth
Baltimore City, Baltimore County, Maryland
Hometown
Baltimore, Maryland

Military service

Service number
13069237
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died non-Battle
Date of death
2 November 1944
Place of death
Road from Dodewaard to Hemmen, The Netherlands

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
G 3 20

Immediate family

Members
James A. Slaysman (father)
Elizabeth (Dailey) Slaysman (mother)
Mary E. Slaysman (sister)
Timothy W. Slaysman (brother)
Anne R. Slaysman (sister)
Kathleen A. Slaysman (sister)
Daniel V. Slaysman (brother)
Anne E. Slaysman (sister)

More information

James J. Slaysman worked for the city of Baltimore. He enlisted in Baltimore, Maryland on 6 February 1942.

Pfc Slaysman was initially buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Molenhoek, near Nijmegen in the Netherlands.

Source of information: Twan van Leeuwen, http://www.ww2-airborne.us/, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Family Tree, www.fold3.com - WWII Draft Card

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Judy Cahoon Egan and Jos Groen