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Personal info

Full name
JAMES, Harold Philip
Date of birth
8 December 1911
Age
32
Place of birth
Port Henry, Essex County, New York
Hometown
Essex County, New York

Military service

Service number
32666077
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
39th Infantry Regiment,
9th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
10 October 1944
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
A 4 2

Immediate family

Members
Wallace James (father)
Ada L. James (mother)
Newton James (brother)
Arthur James (brother)
Evelyn James (sister)
Mabel James (sister)
Carlton James (brother)
Stewart James (brother)
Cecil James (brother)
Elizabeth James (sister)
Lawrence James (brother)
Cara James (sister)
Aimeda (Forgette) James (wife)
Barbara James (daughter)

More information

Pvt Harold P. James attended high school for 2 years and was employed by the Republic Steel plant in Port Henry.

He enlisted in Albany, New York on 7 December 1942 and received training at Camp Croft, South Carolina and Fort Dix, New Jersey. He went overseas in April 1943 and saw action in Sicily and Italy before his unit was sent to France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Astrid van Erp, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1920 Census, http://9thinfantrydivision.net

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.newspapers.com - Press and Sun Bulletin 26 October 1944