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Personal info

Full name
JAMES, Paul E
Date of birth
1921
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Indiana
Hometown
Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana

Military service

Service number
15059677
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
11th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
8 September 1944
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 14 49

Immediate family

Members
Clifford R. James (father)
Mary E. (Lawson) James (mother)
Filomena A. (Spiert) James (wife)

More information

Paul E. James graduated from Wiley High School and worked in a drugstore,

He joined the Regular Army at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana on 8 October 1940.

He was initialy buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Champigneul, France.

The exact date when he was reported wounded in action and the location where he died is not known.

Source of information: Leo Minne, Kathy McDermott, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil 1942-1949 / S&P Family Tree, A footsoldier for Patton / Michael C. Bilder James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry division in the ETO

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy, Vigo County Public Library - Terre Haute Tribune - 5 October 1942