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Personal info

Full name
ISON, James
Date of birth
13 December 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Kentucky
Hometown
Letcher County, Kentucky

Military service

Service number
35657105
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Rifleman
Unit
E Company,
2nd Battalion,
119th Infantry Regiment,
30th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
1 February 1945
Place of death
Drzewica, Poland

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Walls of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Burnett Ison (father)
Tina (Blair) Ison (mother)
Dennis Ison (brother)
Berlin Ison (brother)
Mattie J. Ison (sister)
Clyde Ison (brother)
Denver Ison (brother)

More information

Pfc James Ison worked on a farm.

He enlisted in Huntington, West Virginia on 6 April 1943.

He was taken prisoner on 10 October 1944.

Information reveals that the German guards forced the American and Russian Prisoners of War to leave Stalag III-C near the village of Drzewica, Poland on 31 January 1945. They had marched only a short distance when they were caught between Russian and German cross fire and were killed by gunfire from Russian tanks.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com OneWorldTree, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / WWII Enlistment Record, 30th Infantry Division “Old Hickory” Unit History. http://www.30thinfantry.org/history.shtml

Photo source: www.ancestry.com - Family Tree