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DILLARD, James Edward - Date of
birth
16 June 1925 -
Age
19 - Place of
birth
Tazewell, Tazewell County, Virginia -
Hometown
Skelton, Raleigh County, West Virginia
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
33658417 -
Rank
Private First Class -
Function
unknown -
Unit
I Company,
3rd Battalion,
141st Infantry Regiment,
36th Infantry Division
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Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
19 February 1945 - Place of
death
In the vicinity of Drusenheim, France
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal - Tablets of the Missing
Immediate family
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Members
Earl Dillard (father)
Mattie B. (Collins) Dillard (mother)
Margaret E. Dillard (sister)
Myrtle A. Dillard (sister)
More information
Pfc James E. Dillard enlisted in Roanoke, Virginia on 22 October 1943.
Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947
https://36th-id.frb.io / 141aar-December-1944-to-end.pdf
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Misty / Jaap Vermeer