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Personal info

Full name
PICARD, James Joseph
Date of birth
27 October 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Milford, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire
Hometown
Milford, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire

Military service

Service number
31466506
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
314th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
22 December 1944
Place of death
Limburg an Der Lahn, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
D 9 31

Immediate family

Members
Adelord Picard (father)
Louise M. (Martin) Picard (mother)
Lea A. Picard (sister)
Alfred T. Picard (brother)
Jeannette D. Picard (sister)
Louise M. Picard (sister)
Louise I. (Jarest) Picard (wife)

More information

Pvt James J. Picard was a driver before he enlisted at Fort Devens, Massachusetts on 5 May 1944.

He was taken prisoner and died in Stalag IX-B.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record / WWII Prisoners of War Data File / www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, Combat History 314th Infantry Regiment / www.findagrave.com - Russ Pickett / Albert Ledoux
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - TCShultz