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Personal info

Full name
FAIR, James Houston
Date of birth
30 October 1911
Age
33
Place of birth
Pinson, Jefferson County, Alabama
Hometown
Pinson, Jefferson County, Alabama

Military service

Service number
34805982
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Rifleman
Unit
F Company,
2nd Battalion,
318th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
7 March 1945
Place of death
In the vicnity of Neidenbach, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
G 7 15

Immediate family

Members
James B. Fair (father)
Missouri (Creel) Fair (mother)
Mamie B. Fair (sister)
Walter B. Fair (brother)
Emmie L. Fair (sister)
Frances L. (Robertson) Fair (wife)

More information

Pfc James H. Fair attended Birmingham-Southern College for three years and owned a filling station.

He enlisted at Fort McClellan, Alabama on 13 May 1943.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card File / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men / Phillips-Hale Family Tree, www.80thdivision.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Maliha B, Birmingham-Southern College 1931