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WATSON, James Richard "Jim" - Date of
birth
30 May 1922 -
Age
22 -
Place of birth
Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania -
Hometown
Indiana County, Pennsylvania -
Ethnicity
White
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
O-1105254 -
Rank
Second Lieutenant -
Function
unknown -
Unit
C Company,
326th Airborne Engineer Battalion,
101st Airborne Division
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Awards
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
18 September 1944 - Place of
death
Near the Wilhelmina Canal, the Netherlands
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| J | 10 | 22 |
Immediate family
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Members
Mark H. Watson (father)
Hester A. (Bobbit) Watson (mother)
Thomas W. Watson (brother)
Matthew C. Watson (brother)
Juliet (White) Watson (wife)
More information
2nd Lt James Watson graduated from Indiana High School with the Class of 1940.He joined the Pennsylvania National Guard in February 1941. On 13 October 1942 he was graduated from the Engineer Officers Candidate School at Fort Belvoir, Virginia and was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant.
He already had participated in the invasion of Normandy.
Source of information: www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Family Tree / Indiana Evening Gazette 6 October 1944
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.ancestry.com - Indiana Area High School Yearbook 1946, Adry Weijenberg