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Personal info

Full name
FISHER, James Henry "Jimmy"
Date of birth
13 May 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Watertown, Codington County, South Dakota
Hometown
Watertown, Codington County, South Dakota

Military service

Service number
37578294
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
301st Infantry Regiment,
94th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
23 February 1945
Place of death
Kastel-Staadt, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 1 64

Immediate family

Members
Henry B. Fisher (father)
Georgina I. (Hoover) Fisher (mother)
Wayne Fisher (brother)
Muriel Fisher (sister)

More information

Pfc James H. Fisher joined the Army in 1943.

During one of the conflicts he saved the lives of fellow soldiers when he threw himself on a hand grenade that landed in his fox hole.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930/1940 Census / Fisher Family Tree, http://www.94thinfdiv.com, WWII Draft Card

Photo source:
www.findagrave.com – Luxembourg American Cemetery