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Personal info

Full name
HOWERY, James Warren
Date of birth
7 August 1905
Age
39
Place of birth
Floyd County, Virginia
Hometown
Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
15058308
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
Medical Detachment,
10th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
21 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Pournoy-la-Chétive, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 9 26

Immediate family

Members
Arthur W. Howery (father)
Belle L. (Wray) Howery (mother)
Eddie D. Howery (brother)
Dorris B. Howery (sister)
Tillo M. Howery (brother)
Edith L. Howery (sister)
Edward P. Howery (brother)
Pearl Howery (sister)
Ethel Howery (sister)
Clara Howery (sister)
Flora Howery (sister)

More information

Pfc. James W. Howery was a salesman of electric refrigirators.

He joined the Regular Army at Fort Thomas, Kentucky on 18 October 1940.

He was first buried at the Temporay American Military Cemetery of Limey France.

Source of information: Leo Minne, Kathy McDermott, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – 1910/1920/1930 Census / Headstone and Interment Record, Virginia Birth Index, www.findagrave.com – Marion McAlister, A footsoldier for Patton / Michael C. Bilder James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry Division in the ETO

Photo source: www.findagrave.com, The Journal Herald - 15 October 1944