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Personal info

Full name
RHODES, James Earl
Date of birth
26 October 1911
Age
33
Place of birth
Salina, Saline County, Kansas
Hometown
Salina, Saline County, Kansas

Military service

Service number
37526525
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
389th Engineer General Service Regiment
Awards
unknown

Death

Status
Died non-Battle
Date of death
11 May 1945
Place of death
Fürth, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
A 18 18

Immediate family

Members
John Rhodes (father)
Mabel (Hurston) Rhodes (mother)

More information

Pvt James E. Rhodes was a shoemaker and shoe repairman before he enlisted at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas on 20 May 1943.

He died of poisoning.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card, www.findagrave.com- R & S
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Laura S