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Personal info

Full name
VANOVER, James Henry "Buddy"
Date of birth
18 October 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Gallatin, Daviess County, Missouri
Hometown
Independence, Jackson County, Missouri

Military service

Service number
37729042
Rank
Private
Function
Rifleman
Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
411th Infantry Regiment,
103rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
22 November 1944
Place of death
Saulcy-sur-Meurthe, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 39 18

Immediate family

Members
Samuel S. Vanover (father)
Carmen L. (Walton) Vanover (mother)
Margaret Vanover (sister)
Katherine L. Vanover (sister)

More information

Pvt James H. Vanover enlisted at Ft Leavenworth, Kansas on 15 December 1943.

In Saulcy-sur-Meurthe, a monument was erected, dedicated to the men of A Company who were killed or went missing in action during the battle for the town.

His brother-in-law, Pfc Paul R. Hamm, died 14 July 1945 and is buried at Epinal American Cemetery near him.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census, Headstone and Interment Record, U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947, http://103divwwii.usm.edu/411th-regiment.html - Unit Journal for November 1944, http://103divwwii.usm.edu/assets/mr-411-a-by-name.pdf
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Dwight “Andy” Anderson