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Personal info

Full name
OSTRANDER, James Mcarthur
Date of birth
29 December 1910
Age
33
Place of birth
Mechanicville, Saratoga County, New York
Hometown
Mechanicville, Saratoga County, New York

Military service

Service number
32855484
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
26th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
24 November 1944
Place of death
South of Jüngersdorf, Hürtgen Forest, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
B 15 31

Immediate family

Members
Philip Ostrander (father)
Sarah Ostrander (mother)
Muriel Ostrander (sister)
James Ostrander (brother)
Maxine L. (Washburn) Ostrander (wife)
Linda Ostrander (daughter)
Marcia L. Ostrander (granddaughter)

More information

S/Sgt James M. Ostrander enlisted in Albany, New York on 3 April 1943.

He attended high school for 4 years and worked in a paper factory before he enlisted.

S/Sgt James M. Ostrander was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Henri-Chapelle, Block X, Row 6, Grave 112.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet