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Personal info

Full name
COSTA, James
Date of birth
2 August 1912
Age
32
Place of birth
Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Vandalia, Fayette County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36947323
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
15th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
29 January 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Mutzenheim - Fortschwihr, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 11 56

More information

Pvt James Costa was unemployed when he enlisted on 22 July 1943.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in the side of his body.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Cards, History 3rd Infantry Division WWII
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy