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Personal info

Full name
ABERNETHY, James Charlie
Date of birth
1 May 1915
Age
29
Place of birth
Burke County, North Carolina
Hometown
Hildebran, Burke County, North Carolina

Military service

Service number
34897845
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
K Company,
3rd Battalion,
141st Infantry Regiment,
36th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
4 October 1944
Place of death
In the Vosges Mountains near the German border

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 30 38

Immediate family

Members
Jones F. Abernathy (father)
Callie M. (Whitener) Abernathy (mother)
Glen H. Abernathy (brother)
Earl M. Abernathy (brother)
Everette L. Abernathy (brother)
Boyd E. Abernathy (brother)
Paul W. Abernathy (brother)
Betty M. Abernathy (sister)
Robert W. Abernathy (brother)
Dorothy J. Abernathy (sister)
Vienia L. (Cline) Abernethy (wife)
Wayne H. Abernethy (son)
Clara E. Abernethy (daughter)
Beverly J. Abernethy (daughter)

More information

Pvt James C. Abernethy enlisted at Camp Croft, South Carolina on 27 December 1943.

His name was also spelled as Abernathy.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, https://36th-id.frb.io
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Dwight Anderson / Sam Pennartz