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Personal info

Full name
MANNING, James Lawrence
Date of birth
3 December 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Latta, Dillon County, South Carolina
Hometown
Dillon County, South Carolina

Military service

Service number
O-461032
Rank
Captain
Function
Company Commander
Unit
Cannon Company,
423rd Infantry Regiment,
106th Infantry Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
21 December 1944
Place of death
Bleialf, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
G 4 35

Immediate family

Members
Albert L. Manning (father)
Minnie A. Manning (mother)
Florence E. Manning (sister)
Grace (Tucker) Manning (wife)

More information

James Manning was a 1942 graduated from The Citadel, where he majored in history. His activities at college included freshman football, Pee Dee Citadel Club and Varsity Boxing Team.

Although Capt Manning's official date of death is 21 December 1944, records prove he was killed on the first day of the Battle of the Bulge on 16 December 1944. That day, Capt Manning was leading his men against a German attack on Bleialf.

Cpt James L. Manning was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Foy, Belgium.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, http://www.in-honored-glory.info/, http://thecitadelmemorialeurope.wordpress.com, Attended the Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina located in Charleston, Member of the Class of 1942, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil

Photo source: Jac Engels, Charles A. Bethea, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.citadel.edu