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Personal info

Full name
PRESNELL, James Blaine
Date of birth
11 August 1911
Age
33
Place of birth
Cocke County, Tennessee
Hometown
Meadow Fork, Madison County, North Carolina

Military service

Service number
34895046
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
60th Infantry Regiment,
9th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
4 April 1945
Place of death
Southern sector of the Ruhr Pocket, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
A 10 3

Immediate family

Members
Enoch M. Presnell (father)
Bessie (Norton) Presnell (mother)
Eli S. Presnell (brother)
Ida M. Presnell (sister)
Luretta Presnell (sister)
Amos Presnell (brother)
Fred Presnell (brother)
Margaret Presnell (sister)
Elmer Presnell (brother)

More information

Pvt James Presnell enlisted at Camp Croft, South Carolina on 15 November 1943.

He worked on a farm before he enlisted.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, Astrid van Erp, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census, www.9thinfantrydivision.net, WWII Draft Card, 1920 US Census

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Mike Presnell