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Personal info

Full name
PITCHFORD, James G
Date of birth
1924
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Arkansas
Hometown
Hartford, Sebastian County, Arkansas

Military service

Service number
38512758
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
K Company,
3rd Battalion,
318th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Atton, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 15 42

Immediate family

Members
Garrett J. Pitchford (father)
Beulah Pitchford (mother)
John Pitchford (brother)
Leon Pitchford (brother)
Francis Pitchford (brother)
Adylene Pitchford (sister)
Mary Pitchford (sister)
Ronald Pitchford (brother)
Wendell Pitchford (brother)
Romona B. Pitchford (sister)

More information

Pfc James G. Pitchford attended high school for four years and worked on a farm before he enlisted in Little Rock, Arkansas on 17 August 1943.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930/1940 Census, www.80thdivision.com
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