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Personal info

Full name
WILLIAMS, James Ellis
Date of birth
6 March 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
North Platte, Lincoln County, Nebraska
Hometown
Wood River, Hall County, Nebraska

Military service

Service number
37744196
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
114th Infantry Regiment,
44th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
15 February 1945
Place of death
Near Sarreguemines, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 24 22

Immediate family

Members
William C. Williams (father)
Julia A. (Smith) Williams (mother)
David L. Williams (brother)
Myrtle E. Williams (sister)
Mollie J. (Michel) Williams (wife)
Sharron Williams (daughter)
Gary Williams (son)

More information

Pfc James E. Williams attended high school for one year and worked on his farm before he enlisted at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas on 25 May 1944. He was sent overseas in November 1944.
He was killed by artillery shell fragments to the face.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Williams Blevins Family Tree / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.findagrave.com, www.newspapers.com – The Banner Press 15 March 1945
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Andy, www.ancestry.com – Terry Dean Flint