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Personal info

Full name
COALBURN, James Larkin
Date of birth
14 September 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Carbondale, Whitfield County, Alabama
Hometown
Tunica County, Mississippi

Military service

Service number
34346059
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
Medical Detachment,
120th Infantry Regiment,
30th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
9 December 1944
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
M 3 11

Immediate family

Members
Christopher C. Coalburn (father)
Cora E. (Nelson) Coalburn (mother)
Albert H. Williams (stepfather)
Woodrow M. Coalburn (brother)
Lawrence Williams (stepbrother)
Edward Williams (stepbrother)
Hazel Williams (stepsister)
Christina Williams (stepsister)

More information

James L. Coalburn worked on a farm.

He enlisted 1 August 1942 at Camp Shelby in Mississippi.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.30thinfantry.org, www.newspapers.com - Clarion-Ledger, WWII Draft Cards, 1920 US Census

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet