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Personal info

Full name
BOGDONAS, James "Jim"
Date of birth
17 February 1926
Age
18
Place of birth
Rockford, Winnebago County, Illinois
Hometown
Winnebago County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
16196629
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
F Company,
2nd Battalion,
276th Infantry Regiment,
70th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
6 February 1945
Place of death
Gaubivingen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 15 47

Immediate family

Members
John K. Bogdonas (father)
Mary A. (Belskis) Bogdonas (mother)
Stanley Bogdonas (brother)
Joseph Bogdonas (brother)
Mary A. Bogdonas (sister)
Berniece Bogdonas (sister)
William Bogdonas (brother)
Paul Bogdonas (brother)
Edward C. Bogdonas (brother)
Robert Bogdonas (brother)
Eugene Bogdonas (brother)

More information

Pfc James Bogdonas was one of the greatest running backs in the Big Eight Conference and he was a star basketball and track man at West High School in Rockford.

He joined the Regular Army at Fort Sheridan, Illinois on 24 May 1944 and was sent overseas in October 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Cassioppi Family Tree / 1930/1940 Census, http://www.trailblazersww2.org, www.findagrave.com – Loren Carlson, www.newspapers.com – Republican Northwestern Illinois - 13 March 1945
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Andy / Dale Andrew Wishop, www.ancestry.com - West High School Yearbook 1944