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Personal info

Full name
GREENE, James Porter Jr
Date of birth
19 October 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Chickamauga, Walker County, Georgia
Hometown
Hamilton County, Tennessee

Military service

Service number
34885420
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
743rd Tank Battalion,
1st Platoon
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
22 November 1944
Place of death
Erberich, South of Aldenhoven, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
C 14 28

Immediate family

Members
James P. Greene (father)
Martha M. (Duncan) Greene (mother)
Howard Q. Greene (brother)
Edna M. Greene (sister)
Wallace A. Greene (brother)
Roy L. Greene (brother)
Lona I. Greene (sister)
Edith Greene (sister)
Joseph T. Greene (brother)
Fred W. Greene (brother)
Mary E. (Owen) Greene (wife)

More information

Pvt James P. Greene Jr. graduated from Central High School in Chattanooga and was employed by the American Lava Company.

He enlisted at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia on 18 September 1943.

His tank was hit by enemy fire. He was killed, together with his crew members 1st Lt Frank X. Mc Williams, T/5 Orville D. Jones and T/4 Blair W. Williams who are also buried at Margraten.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Greene Family Tree, http://cgsc.contentdm.oclc.org - After Action Report 743rd Tank Battalion

Photo source: Stichting Adoptie Graven Amerikaanse Begraafplaats Margraten, www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet