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Personal info

Full name
MC CASKEY, James Robert
Date of birth
17 February 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Peoria County, Illinois
Hometown
Fulton County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36678595
Rank
Technical Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
60th Infantry Regiment,
9th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

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

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
F 7 75

Immediate family

Members
Earl Mc Caskey (father)
Florence (Casson) Mc Caskey (mother)
Donald Mc Caskey (brother)
Betty Mc Caskey (sister)

More information

T/Sgt James R. Mc Caskey graduated from Canton High School in 1941 and was prominent in athletics.

He enlisted on 9 July 1943 and was sent overseas in August 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com - Maurice R. Clark, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, http://9thinfantrydivision.net, www.findagrave.com

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet / Bruce Weihrauch