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Personal info

Full name
SPENCER, James
Date of birth
28 February 1926
Age
18
Place of birth
Carroll County, Virginia
Hometown
Toast, Surry County, North Carolina

Military service

Service number
44015752
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
I Company,
3rd Battalion,
137th Infantry Regiment,
35th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
26 February 1945
Place of death
Doveren, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
K 10 14

Immediate family

Members
Cable G. Spencer (father)
Minnie L. (Sechrist) Spencer (mother)
Woodrow G. Spencer (brother)
Stacy E. Spencer (sister)
Cleveland Spencer (brother)
Linnie S. Spencer (sister)
Ella Spencer (sister)
Nancy Spencer (sister)
May L. Spencer (sister)
Marshall M. Spencer (brother)

More information

Pvt James Spencer worked with his father on the family farm.

He enlisted in August 1944 and was sent overseas in January 1945.

Source of information: Terry Hirsch, Raf Dyckmans, The Mont Airy News 16 March 1945, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census,
www.coulthart.com/134, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Mount Airy News