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Personal info

Full name
RANSOM, James Carlton
Date of birth
17 August 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
South Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
Hometown
South Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31028187
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
101st Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
2 December 1944
Place of death
Wolfskirchen, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
J 36 29

Immediate family

Members
George W. Ransom (father)
Lillian M. (Fifield) Ransom (mother)
George C. Ransom (brother)
Dorothy A. Ransom (sister)
Robert W. Ransom (brother)
Sumner E. Ransom (brother)
Lillian A. Ransom (sister)
Paul B. Ransom (brother)
Margaret V. Ransom (wife)

More information

Pfc James C. Ransom attended high school for one year and was an usher before he enlisted in Boston, Massachusetts on 8 March 1941.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments and was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Limey, France.

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 / 1920/1930 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files / Ransom Family Tree, After Action Report 26th Infantry Division
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