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Personal info

Full name
GADD, James Roy
Date of birth
16 August 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Walker County, Georgia
Hometown
Peavine, Ealker County, Georgia

Military service

Service number
34576669
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
301st Infantry Regiment,
94th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
2 March 1945
Place of death
Near Serrig, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
D 12 15

Immediate family

Members
Jack L. Gadd (father)
Laura E. (Price) Gadd (mother)
Ethel Gadd (sister)
Cora Gadd (sister)
Lula Gadd (sister)
Claud J. Gadd (brother)
John L. Gadd (brother)
Thomas A. Gadd (brother)
Elizabeth (Bell) Gadd (wife)
Lula M. Gadd (daughter)

More information

Pfc James R. Gadd enlisted at Fort McPherson Atlanta, Georgia on 5 December 1942.

His brother, Pfc Thomas A. Gadd, was killed 21 December 1944 and is buried at the Lorraine American Military Cemetery in Saint-Avold, 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 / 1930 Census, http://www.94thinfdiv.com

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Luxembourg American Cemetery, www.ancestry.com - ladykyima1