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Personal info

Full name
HORVATH, James
Date of birth
21 November 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Easton, Northampton County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Easton, Northampton County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33617142
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
71st Infantry Regiment,
44th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
24 November 1944
Place of death
Rauwiller, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 12 42

Immediate family

Members
Joseph Horvath (father)
Julia (Popovice) Horvath (mother)
John Horvath (brother)
Julia Horvath (sister)
Joseph Horvath Jr. (brother)
Elizabeth Horvath (sister)
Mary Horvath (sister)
Margaret Horvath (sister)
Frank Horvath (brother)
Mary E. (Findley) Horvath (wife)

More information

Pfc James Horvath attended Easton High School for four years and was employed by the Ingersoll-Rand Company before he enlisted in Allentown, Pennsylvania on 22 February 1943.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Emery Family Tree / Pennsylvania Veteran Compensation Application Files WWII / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1930/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.findagrave.com, www.newspapers.com - The Morning Call 11 December 1944
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy, www.ancestry.com - U.S. School Yearbooks Easton