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Personal info

Full name
HAYHURST, James Blain
Date of birth
13 May 1913
Age
31
Place of birth
Winfield, Marion County, West Virginia
Hometown
Marion County, West Virginia

Military service

Service number
35762633
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
47th Infantry Regiment,
9th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 November 1944
Place of death
Hürtgen Forest, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
A 15 2

Immediate family

Members
Waitman T. Hayhurst (father)
Hetti M. (Heston) Hayhurst (mother)
Earl L. Hayhurst (brother)
Fannie V. Hayhurst (sister)
Delbert F. Hayhurst (brother)
Eli D. Hayhurst (brother)
Ruth G. Hayhurst (sister)
Carl Hayhurst (brother)
Willie R. Hayhurst (brother)
Burl E. Hayhurst (brother)
Hazel A. Hayhurst (wife)

More information

Pvt James B. Hayhurst was a civil servant before he enlisted in Clarksburg, West Virginia on 25 October 1943.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Elizabeth Ann Heston Family Tree, http://9thinfantrydivision.net

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet