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Personal info

Full name
LARKINS, James Marion
Date of birth
12 January 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Trigg County, Kentucky
Hometown
Cadiz, Trigg County, Kentucky

Military service

Service number
35254511
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
101st Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
9 November 1944
Place of death
Moyenvic, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
J 14 6

Immediate family

Members
George W. Larkins (father)
Zona L. (Sanders) Larkins (mother)
Harvey A. Larkins (brother)
Edna E. Larkins (sister)
William S. Larkins (brother)
Mary F. Larkins (sister)
George W. Larkins (brother)
Elmo C. Larkins (brother)
Claudia L. Larkins (sister)
Ann (Alexander) Larkins (wife)
James M. Larkins (son)

More information

Pvt James M. Larkins attended high school for four years before he enlisted at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana on 31 January 1942.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Limey, France.

He is also remembered at the cemetery in Trigg County, Kentucky.

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 / Samantha Reed Family Tree, After Action Report 26th Infantry, www.findagrave.com - a2
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Major M / Silvano Theunissen, www.ancestry.com - William Hollowell Marshall