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Personal info

Full name
SKELTON, James W
Date of birth
1915
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Texas
Hometown
Tom Green County, Texas

Military service

Service number
38606457
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
180th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
4 December 1944
Place of death
Near Mertzwiller, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 26 36

Immediate family

Members
Bertie L. Skelton (wife)

More information

Pfc James W. Skelton attended high school for 4 years and was a foreman before he enlisted in Lubbock, Texas on 18 November 1943.

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.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record, http://www.45thdivision.org
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