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Personal info

Full name
ROLAND, James Thomas
Date of birth
1 March 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Cabarrus County, North Carolina
Hometown
Mecklenburg County, North Carolina

Military service

Service number
14123791
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
28th Infantry Regiment,
8th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
26 February 1945
Place of death
Stockheim, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
E 16 69

Immediate family

Members
Marshall R. Roland (father)
Susie (Thomas) Roland (mother)
Adam Roland (brother)
Gertrude Roland (sister)
Inez Roland (sister)
Violia Roland (sister)
Marshall L. Roland (brother)
David Roland (brother)
Bobby Roland (brother)

More information

Pfc James T. Roland volunteered for the US Army at Fort Jackson Columbia, South Carolina on 14 July 1942.

His brother Marshall L. Roland is buried next to him.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Peter Schouteten, 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 / 1930/1940 Census, http://cgsc.contentdm.oclc.org - After Action Report 28th Infantry Regiment

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet