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Personal info

Full name
CALLOWAY, James Robert
Date of birth
7 October 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Barnardsville, Buncombe County, North Carolina
Hometown
Barnardsville, Buncombe County, North Carolina

Military service

Service number
34599686
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
71st Infantry Regiment,
44th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
26 November 1944
Place of death
Rauwiller, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 42 31

Immediate family

Members
Charles T. Calloway (father)
Flossie Calloway (mother)
Mildred Calloway (sister)
Geneva Calloway (sister)
Mary W. Calloway (sister)
Gladys Calloway (sister)
Marie Calloway (sister)
Charles Calloway (brother)
Shirley Calloway (sister)

More information

Pfc James R. Calloway was a waiter before he enlisted in Camp Croft, South Carolina on 9 January 1943.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1940 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.findagrave.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy