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Personal info

Full name
SELLARS, James Joseph
Date of birth
20 August 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Krebs, Pittsburg County, Oklahoma
Hometown
Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin

Military service

Service number
36806904
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
114th Infantry Regiment,
44th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
9 December 1944
Place of death
Franceau, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 11 80

Immediate family

Members
Joseph C. Sellars (father)
Anna A. (Masaro) Sellars (mother)
Alfred L. Sellars (brother)
Donald Sellars (brother)

More information

Pvt James J. Sellars attended Bay View High School in Milwaukee, Wisconsin before he enlisted.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Hochfelden, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Falasco Scherer Family Tree / 1940 Census, www.findagrave.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - John Sellars