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Personal info

Full name
RUCKER, James Richard
Date of birth
2 August 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Caldwell, Noble County, Ohio
Hometown
Canton, Stark County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35610245
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
44th Armored Infantry Battalion,
6th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
9 October 1944
Place of death
Chenicourt, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
G 16 36

Immediate family

Members
William T. Rucker (father)
Amy E. (Wentworth) Rucker (mother)
Mary E. Rucker (sister)
Thomas G. Rucker (brother)
Elizabeth A. Rucker (sister)
Dorothy J. Rucker (sister)
Wanda A. (Wood) Rucker (wife)
Larry A. Rucker (son)

More information

Pfc James R. Rucker attended high school for four years before he enlisted in Akron, Ohio on 10 April 1943.

He 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 / Connie Reed Lovellette Tree / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.findagrave.com, www.super6th.org
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