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Personal info

Full name
ROBERTSON, James Clements
Date of birth
18 May 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Lunenburg County, Virginia
Hometown
Nottoway County, Virginia

Military service

Service number
33125681
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
315th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
4 October 1944
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
C 7 15

Immediate family

Members
David H. Robertson (father)
Emma E. Robertson (mother)
Violet M. Robertson (sister)
Estelle O. Robertson (sister)
Mary R. Robertson (sister)
Clyde A. Robertson (brother)
Daniel B. Robertson (brother)
David A. Robertson (brother)
Beulah M. Robertson (sister)
Pattie B. Robertson (sister)
Julia Robertson (wife)

More information

S/Sgt James C. Robertson enlisted in Richmond, Virginia on 13 June 1942.

He was a driver before he enlisted.

He was first buried at Block W, Row 8, Grave 196.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / WWII Draft Card/ 1930/1940 US Census

Photo source: Peter Schouteten