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Personal info

Full name
FINDLEY, James Samuel
Date of birth
9 December 1915
Age
29
Place of birth
Adamston, Harrison County, West Virginia
Hometown
Clarksburg, Harrison County, West Virginia

Military service

Service number
35084717
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
61st Armored Infantry Battalion,
10th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
19 December 1944
Place of death
Near Berdorf, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
B 30 3

Immediate family

Members
Frank B. Findley (father)
Nellie M. Findley (mother)
Avis B. Findley (sister)
John F. Findley (brother)
Evelyn F. Findley (wife)

More information

Pfc James S. Findley attended 1 year of college and was a foreman before he enlisted at Fort Thomas Newport, Kentucky on 29 April 1944.
He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Limey, France.
He is remembered at the Greenlawn Cemetery in Clarksburg, Harrison County, West Virginia.

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 / 1920 Census, www.findagrave.com – Preacher James, www.10tharmored.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Cynthia Mullens