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Personal info

Full name
JOSEY, James F
Date of birth
1915
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Mississippi
Hometown
Lee County, North Carolina

Military service

Service number
O1061147
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
2nd Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
23 March 1945
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
E 8 27

Immediate family

Members
Robert L. Josey (father)
Lillian (Oswalt) Josey (mother)
James O. Duke (stepfather)
Wayne R. Josey (brother)
Edwin Josey (brother)
Mary A. Josey (sister)

More information

2nd Lt James F. Josey attended high school for four years. His father died in 1922 and he lived with his mother and siblings at the residence of his grandparents, James David Oswalt and Elgie (Scroggins) Oswalt.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1920/1930 census

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, James Josey (nephew)