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Personal info

Full name
PHIFER, James Hill
Date of birth
22 January 1922
Age
23
Place of birth
Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
Hometown
Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina

Military service

Service number
34591743
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Rifleman
Unit
I Company,
2nd Battalion,
395th Infantry Regiment,
99th Infantry Division,
2nd Platoon
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
5 April 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
J 3 4

Immediate family

Members
Ottner K. Phifer Sr. (father)
Eva J. (Nivens) Phifer (mother)
Infant Boy Phifer (brother)
Coye W. Phifer (brother)
Bertie L. Phifer (sister)
Georgia M. Phifer (sister)
Ottner K. Phifer Jr. (brother)
Peggy L. D. Phifer (sister)
Ray A. Phifer (sister)
Alfred G. Phifer (brother)
Rose M. Phifer (sister)

More information

Pfc James H. Phifer worked at the Pet Dairy Product Company in Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina.

He enlisted at Camp Croft, South Carolina on 25 November 1942.

Source of information: Richard L. Phifer (nephew), www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov - WWII Army Enlisment Records, www.findagrave.com - CWGC/ABMC, www.ancestry.com - Phifer / Wildman / Our Roots Run Deep Family Tree, US WWII Draft Cards Young Men 1940-1947

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Richard L. Phifer (nephew)