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Personal info

Full name
MEENA, James Elias
Date of birth
1 January 1915
Age
29
Place of birth
Syria
Hometown
Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio
Religion
Catholic

Military service

Service number
O1013457
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
Platoon Commander
Unit
B Company,
8th Tank Battalion,
4th Armored Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
11 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Delme, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 15 9

Immediate family

Members
Elias M. Meena (father)
Malvina Meena (mother)
James Camal Meena (brother)

More information

1st Lt James E. Meena graduated from Lincoln High School and from the Cleveland Institute of Music. He was singing in operas and studying to become a priest.

He enlisted in Cleveland, Ohio on 13 May 1941.

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

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / Ohio, Naturalization Petition and Record Books, 1888-1946, www.clevelandmemory.org/ebooks/arabs/pg207.html, www.soldiersandsailors.us/lt%20james%20meena.htm

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Wailuna, www.soldiersandsailors.us