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Personal info

Full name
JAMES, Maple
Date of birth
4 March 1909
Age
35
Place of birth
Steer Run, Gilmer County, West Virginia
Hometown
Normantown, Gilmer County, West Virginia

Military service

Service number
35205438
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
134th Infantry Regiment,
35th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
12 September 1944
Place of death
Flavigny-sur-Moselle, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 20 68

Immediate family

Members
Charles L. James (father)
Laura B. (Wilson) James (mother)
Arlington James (brother)
Allman James (brother)
Monnie James (sister)
Maud B. James (sister)
Clavel B. James (brother)
Lyle J. James (twin brother)
Ora L. (Sumpter) James (wife)
Dallas E. James (son)

More information

Sgt Maple James worked on a farm before he enlisted in Clarksburg, West Virginia on 23 April 1941.

He was killed by small arms fire.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Andilly, 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 / Gorbey Kennedy Tree / West Virginia Birth Index / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, After Action Report 35th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - Ancestor Hunter / Cheryl Frame Brown
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Delphine Richter