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Personal info

Full name
HAYES, James Harold "Jim"
Date of birth
13 June 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Salem, Harrison County, West Virginia
Hometown
Salem, Harrison County, West Virginia

Military service

Service number
35761161
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
D Company,
1st Battalion,
142nd Infantry Regiment,
36th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
21 January 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Rohrwiller, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 27 30

Immediate family

Members
Oliver R. Hayes (father)
Montana E. (Ash) Hayes (mother)
Florence V. Hayes (sister)
Denzil R. Hayes (brother)
Irene M. Hayes (sister)
Thelma M. Hayes (sister)
Albert N. Hayes (brother)
Mary E. Hayes (sister)
Eugene E. Hayes (brother)
Freda O. Hayes (sister)
Robert L. Hayes (brother)
Eva R. (Riggs) Hayes (wife)

More information

Sgt James H. Hayes was married to Eva Ruth Riggs on 19 February.

He enlisted in Clarksburg, West Virginia on 15 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 / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1920/1930/1940 Census / Virginia Marriage Records, 142ndaar-.pdf, 36thID-roster-part-2.pdf
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Dwight "Andy" Anderson, steve s