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Personal info

Full name
FAULKNER, James Littleberry
Date of birth
30 June 1908
Age
36
Place of birth
Calhoun County, Alabama
Hometown
Anniston, Calhoun County, Alabama

Military service

Service number
34815034
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
E Company,
2nd Battalion,
141st Infantry Regiment,
36th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
25 October 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Biffontaine, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 38 23

Immediate family

Members
James W. Faulkner (father)
Dixie V. (Turner) Faulkner (mother)
Lucie G. Faulkner (sister)
Elizabeth B. Faulkner (sister)
Susie L. Faulkner (sister)
Lillie A. Faulkner (sister)
Benjamin F. Faulkner (brother)
Robert L. Faulkner (brother)
Leona (Johnson) Faulkner (wife)

More information

Sgt James L. Faulkner was married to Leona Johnson on 6 May 1928.

He enlisted at Fort McClennan, Alabama on 4 September 1943.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1910/1920/1930/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men 1940-1947 / Alabama County Marriages 1805-1967 / 141aar-October-November-1944.pdf, https://36th-id.frb.io, www.newspapers.com - The Anniston Star 21 December 1944
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Dwight "Andy"Anderson / Clayton Grace, www.newspapers.com - The Anniston Star 21 December 1944