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Personal info

Full name
STUMP, James Arthur
Date of birth
27 July 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Oney Gap, Mercer County, West Virginia
Hometown
Ellett, Montgomery County, Virginia

Military service

Service number
33217342
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
11th Tank Battalion,
10th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
30 March 1945
Place of death
Mannheim, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
William R. Stump (father)
Claudia S. (Lovern) Stump (mother)
Hattie J. Stump (sister)
Sylva M. Stump (sister)
Riley J. Stump (brother)
Virginia L. Stump (sister)
Mary E. Stump (sister)
Robert L. Stump (brother)
Kathleen A. Stump (sister)
Nina P. Stump (sister)
Ward C. Stump (brother)
Effie E. (Ratliff) Stump (wife)

More information

T/5 James A. Stump worked on a farm before he enlisted in Roanoke, Virginia on 14 November 1942.

He is remembered at the North Fork Baptist Church Cemetery in Ellett, Montgomery County, Virginia.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – Gallimore Family Tree / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.findagrave.com - Brenda Dudley Eanes, www.10tharmored.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Frogman / Cindy Akers