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Personal info

Full name
MEADOWS, James Leslie
Date of birth
1 July 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Scott, Putnam County, West Virginia
Hometown
Putnam County, West Virginia

Military service

Service number
35266566
Rank
Corporal
Function
unknown
Unit
8th Tank Battalion,
4th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
26 December 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Bastogne, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
G 7 13

Immediate family

Members
Russell J. Meadows (father)
Irene H. Meadows (mother)
Hazel M. Meadows (sister)
Charles L. Meadows (brother)
Earl F. Meadows (brother)
Thelma L. Meadows (sister)
Evelyn M. (Wymer) Meadows (wife)

More information

Cpl James L. Meadows enlisted at Fort Thomas Newport, Kentucky on 14 February 1942.

He was married to Evelyn Marie Wymer in 1942.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Grand Failly, France.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930/1940 Census / West Virginia Marriages Index 1785-1971

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Linkert / pjammetje