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SPILMAN, James Joseph - Date of
birth
10 August 1918 -
Age
26 - Place of
birth
Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio -
Hometown
Hamilton County, Ohio
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
O1328305 -
Rank
Second Lieutenant -
Function
unknown -
Unit
2nd Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
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Awards
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Died non-Battle - Date of
death
22 March 1945 - Place of
death
Limburg an der Lahn, Germany
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| H | 3 | 19 |
Immediate family
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Members
Peter K. Rebel (foster father)
Katherine Rebel (foster mother)
John E. Spilman (brother)
Joseph J. Rebel (brother)
Francis Rebel (sister)
More information
2nd Lt James J. Spilman graduated from St. Francis Seminary and St. Anthony Monastry. He worked for the Andrew Jergens Co.He enlisted in Cincinnati, Ohio on 11 May 1942.
He was taken prisoner and died at Stalag IX-B.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, Kathy McDermott, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record / Records of World War II Prisoners of War, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1940 Census, www.newspapers.com - The Cincinnati Enquirer, WWII Draft Cards
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, The Cincinnati Post - 13 August 1942