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Personal info

Full name
JARRATT, James Lewis
Date of birth
6 November 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Italy, Ellis County, Texas
Hometown
Ellis County, Texas

Military service

Service number
38095124
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
Driver
Unit
87th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron (Mechanized),
7th Armored Division,
B Troop
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
2 April 1945
Place of death
Mühlberg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
C 10 21

Immediate family

Members
Joe D. Jarratt (father)
Maybelle (Craddock) Jarratt (mother)
Joe Jarratt (brother)
Leta V. Jarratt (sister)
Lillian J. Jarratt (sister)

More information

T/5 James L. Jarratt enlisted at Camp Wolters, Texas on 12 February 1942.

He was taken prisoner near St. Vith, Belgium on 22 December 1944 and died in Stalag IV-B

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Debbie Pulley Fetner, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.7tharmddiv.org, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1940 Census / Family Trees, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Debbie Pulley Fetner (niece), Roger Caelen