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Personal info

Full name
SVENDSEN, James Jay "Jim"
Date of birth
15 January 1926
Age
19
Place of birth
Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio
Hometown
Cuyahoga County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35929702
Rank
Private
Function
Tank Driver
Unit
14th Tank Battalion,
9th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
2 March 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
C 10 31

Immediate family

Members
Clarence D. Svendsen (father)
Margaret E. (Corrigan) Svendsen (mother)
Elizabeth Svendsen (sister)

More information

Pvt James J. Svendsen graduated from James Ford Rhodes High School in 1944 where he played football.

He enlisted in Cleveland, Ohio on 12 July 1944.

Source of information: Terry Hirsch, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, WWII Draft Cards, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Records / Latest Pltra_2012-06-21 Family Tree / 1930 Census

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Old Brooklyn History - The Rhodes Review - June 1944