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Personal info

Full name
BELL, James Michael
Date of birth
17 September 1915
Age
29
Place of birth
New York
Hometown
Buffalo, Erie County, New York

Military service

Service number
32253313
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
Tank Driver
Unit
A Company,
31st Tank Battalion,
7th Armored Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
7 October 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Oploo, the Netherlands

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
E 4 76

Immediate family

Members
Lawrence Penque (stepfather)
Laura Bell (mother)
Gaetana (Rose) Bell (wife)
James M. Bell (son)

More information

T/5 James M. Bell was a chauffeur before he enlisted at Fort Niagara, Youngstown, New York on 13 March 1942.

He was killed by schrapnel in the head.

T/5 Bell was first buried in a temporary grave at Henri-Chapelle on 11 October 1944. He was disinterred on 3 November 1947 and his remains were prepared and placed in a casket on the same day. He was given his final resting place on 20 August 1948.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.7tharmddiv.org, www.ancestry.com - United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946 / U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, http://www.7tharmoredmemorial.nl/index.php/roll-of-honor/overloon-area/32-bell-james-m

Photo source: Jac Engels, http://www.7tharmoredmemorial.nl/index.php/roll-of-honor/overloon-area/32-bell-james-m - David Kapsiak