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Personal info

Full name
STRADER, James Franklin
Date of birth
1921
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Ellis County, Oklahoma
Hometown
Amarillo, Potter County, Texas

Military service

Service number
O1703045
Rank
Captain
Function
unknown
Unit
HQ Company,
2nd Battalion,
142nd Infantry Regiment,
36th Infantry Division
Awards
Legion of Merit,
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
18 December 1944
Place of death
Near Strasbourg, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 18 40

Immediate family

Members
Mackie L. Strader (father)
Grace G. (Ward) Strader (mother)
David L. Strader (brother)
John M. Strader (brother)
Wanda L. (Wood) Strader (wife)
Bonnie G. Strader (daughter)

More information

Capt James F. Strader was employed by the Pinkney Packing Company before he joined the National Guard in Amarillo, Texas on 25 November 1940.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, https://36th-id.frb.io, https://texasmilitaryforcesmuseum.org/, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Wood Family Tree, www.findagrave.com – Nancee Russell, www.newspapers.com – Amarillo Daily News - 26 June 1944

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy