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Personal info

Full name
MESSINGER, James Kermit
Date of birth
2 February 1910
Age
34
Place of birth
Sheridan, Lincoln County, West Virginia
Hometown
Cabell County, West Virginia

Military service

Service number
35779132
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
G Company,
60th Infantry Regiment,
9th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
31 August 1944
Place of death
France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 33 58

Immediate family

Members
John W. Messinger (father)
Josephine J. (Damron) Messinger (mother)
David C. Messinger (brother)
Sarah E. Messinger (sister)
Clovis L. Messinger (sister)
Rhoda I. Messinger (sister)
Irma M. Messinger (sister)
Helen (Davis) Messinger (wife)

More information

Pvt James K. Messinger enlisted in Huntington, West Virginia on 8 January 1944.

He attended high school for 2 years before he enlisted.

He was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Solers, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Kersey Family Tree / World War II Young American Patriots
Photo source:www.findagrave.com – Andy, www.ancestry.com - World War II Young American Patriots