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Personal info

Full name
KELLY, James F
Date of birth
21 February 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Illinois
Hometown
Cook County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36381846
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
I Company,
3rd Battalion,
334th Infantry Regiment,
84th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
29 December 1944
Place of death
Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
H 15 41

Immediate family

Members
Patrick Kelly (father)
Joseph P. Kelly (brother)
Lawrence Kelly (brother)

More information

Pvt James F. Kelly enlisted in Chicago, Illinois on 5 October 1942.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Fosse, Belgium and was disinterred on 22 July 1948 and moved to the Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record, http://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/ww_reg_his/89/

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet