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Personal info

Full name
KIMBRELL, Jim
Date of birth
23 April 1915
Age
29
Place of birth
Gatesville, Coryell County, Texas
Hometown
Coleman County, Texas

Military service

Service number
38607567
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
35th Tank Battalion,
4th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
13 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Château-Salins, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Charles Kimbrell (father)
Birdie A. (Rainer) Kimbrell (mother)
Forrest Kimbrell (brother)
J.P. Kimbrell (brother)
George W. Kimbrell (brother)
Edward Kimbrell (brother)
Edith M. Kimbrell (sister)
Cleo B. Kimbrell (sister)
Mary Kimbrell (sister)
Lena Kimbrell (sister)
Dee Kimbrell (sister)
Sallie Kimbrell (sister)
Gussie B. (Snow) Kimbrell (wife)
Edwin E. Kimbrell (son)
Jesse D. Kimbrell (son)

More information

Pvt Jim Kimbrell enlisted in Lubbock, Texas on 28 December 1943.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census, www.newspapers.com - Abilene Reporter-News - 7 December 1944

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Frogman, Heart of Texas Veterans Memorial