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Personal info

Full name
EADY, James
Date of birth
28 February 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Whitney, Hill County, Texas
Hometown
Lubbock, Lubbock County, Texas

Military service

Service number
38693140
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
101st Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
1 December 1944
Place of death
Wolfskirchen, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
K 34 28

Immediate family

Members
Dolphus T. Eady (father)
Lucy (Jones) Eady (mother)
Thelma Eady (sister)
Ruth Eady (sister)
Lelea Eady (sister)
Zula M. Eady (sister)
Mary Eady (sister)
Dolphus F. Eady (brother)
Preston Eady (brother)
Herman Eady (brother)
Billy F. Eady (brother)
Wenona L. (Meaders) Eady (wife)

More information

Pfc James Eady worked on a farm before he enlisted at Fort Sill, Oklahoma on 27 March 1944. He was sent overseas in September 1944.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Limey, 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 / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Meaders Guffin Kembery Stadley Family Tree / 1930 Census, www.findagrave.com, After Action Report 26th Infantry Division, www.newspapers.com - Lubbock Avelanche Journal 31 December 1944
Photo source: www.ancestry.com - G Meaders, www.newspapers.com - Lubbock Avelanche Journal 31 December 1944