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GRADY, James Russell - Date of
birth
18 January 1917 -
Age
28 - Place of
birth
Oklahoma -
Hometown
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
6297725 -
Rank
Staff Sergeant -
Function
unknown -
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
422nd Infantry Regiment,
106th Infantry Division
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Awards
unknown
Death
-
Status
Died non-Battle - Date of
death
6 March 1945 - Place of
death
Limburg an der Lahn, Germany
Germany
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| B | 33 | 1 |
Immediate family
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Members
Hugh F. Grady (father)
Allie E. (White) Grady (mother)
Ora Grady (sister)
Pearl W. Grady (sister)
Dennis W. Grady (brother)
Ross T. Grady (brother)
Kenneth E. Grady (brother)
Jennie M. (Rice) Grady (wife)
James H. Grady (son)
More information
S/Sgt James R. Grady attended college before he joined the Regular Army on 14 September 1939.He was taken prisoner in the vicinity of Schlausenbach, Germany and died from bronchial pneumonia at Stalag XII-A.
S/Sgt Grady is remembered at Fort Smith National Cemetery in Fort Smith Sebastian County, Arkansas.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.findagrave.com - Rachel, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record / World War II Prisoners of War Data File, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / 1920 Census
Photo source: Jac Engels, www.findagrave.com - Rachel, The CUB of the Golden Lion, April/May 1952