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Personal info

Full name
TURNER, James
Date of birth
2 February 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Aliquippa, Beaver County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Shenango, Mercer County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
13057920
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
359th Infantry Regiment,
90th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
13 November 1944
Place of death
Kering-lés-Sierck, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
J 40 33

Immediate family

Members
Ned E. Turner (father)

More information

Pvt James Turner volunteered for the U.S. Army in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on 6 February 1942.

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 / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men

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