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Personal info

Full name
DERFLINGER, James Monroe "Jimmie"
Date of birth
23 July 1924
Age
21
Place of birth
Warren County, Virginia
Hometown
Warren County, Virginia

Military service

Service number
33546328
Rank
Private
Function
Medical Aidman
Unit
109th Infantry Regiment,
28th Infantry Division,
Medical Detachment
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
3 November 1945
Place of death
Hürtgen, Hürtgen Forest, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Walls of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
James M. Derflinger (father)
Fannie L. (Hall) Derflinger (mother)
Neville H. Derflinger (brother)
Kathleen A. Derflinger (sister)
Agnes C. Derflinger (sister)
Virginia A. (Totten) Derflinger (wife)

More information

Pvt James M. Derflinger graduated from Warren County High School and was employed at Fort Belvoir.

He enlisted in Richmond, Virginia on 27 December 1943. He was sent overseas in June 1944.

He was officially declared dead one day and one year after he was reported missing in action.

There are records that state that his remains were found in Hürtgen and had been evacuated to Ardennes Cemetery. From then there is no further information.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com - Neville Hall Derflinger, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - WWII Enlistment Record / Sarsfield/Derflinger/Manion/Hamilton Family Tree / 1930/1940 Census, IDPF of Raymond C. Blanton

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Agnes Derflinger Rutherford (sister)