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Personal info

Full name
DYER, James Elmore "Toot"
Date of birth
30 July 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Macon County, Tennessee
Hometown
Hartsville, Trousdale County, Tennessee

Military service

Service number
34360586
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
111th Engineer Combat Battalion,
36th Infantry Division,
1st Platoon
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
20 October 1944
Place of death
1,5 miles east of Bruyères, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Leslie M. Dyer (father)
Mary J. (Roberts) Dyer (mother)
Leslie M. Dyer (brother)
Leatha S. Dyer (sister)
John L. Dyer (brother)
Fannie L. Dyer (sister)
Mary L. Dyer (sister)
Maburn E. Dyer (brother)
Mattie P. Dyer (sister)

More information

Pvt James E. Dyer enlisted at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia on 18 July 1942 and received his training at Camp Croft, South Carolina, Camp Edwards, Massachusetts and Amherst, Virginia.

The platoon was on a mine sweeping mission when a mine was detonated which in turn exploded several other mines. The body of James Dyer was completely disintegrated by the explosion.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1930/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men 1940-1947 / 111thengaar.pdf, https://36th-id.frb.io
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Misty / Caleb Fleming, www.newspapers.com - Nashville Banner 15 November 1944