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Personal info

Full name
FAIRCLOTH, James Wesley
Date of birth
2 September 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Frisco City, Monroe County, Alabama
Hometown
Summerdale, Baldwin County, Alabama

Military service

Service number
34801963
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
G Company,
2nd Battalion,
7th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
7 October 1944
Place of death
Le Mettey Hill
In the vicinity of Vagney, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 22 19

Immediate family

Members
Walter W. Faircloth (father)
Louise M. Faircloth (mother)
Grady Faircloth (brother)
Allan Faircloth (brother)
Eva Faircloth (sister)
Frank Faircloth (brother)
Calvin Faircloth (brother)

More information

Pfc James W. Faircloth was employed by the Gulf Shipyards in Chicasaw.

He enlisted at Fort McClellan, Alabama on 3 April 1943.

He was killed by small arms fire in the spinal cord.

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