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Personal info

Full name
MITCHELL, James Willard
Date of birth
13 April 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Winfield, Cowley County, Kansas
Hometown
Waterloo, Black Hawk County, Iowa

Military service

Service number
37697317
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
10th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
18 January 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Bettendorf, Diekirch, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
G 6 26

Immediate family

Members
Albert J. Mitchell (father)
Emma M. (Martens) Mitchell (mother)
Mildred A. Mitchell (sister)
Ray E. Mitchell (brother)
Emma (Burbank) Mitchell (wife)
Jimmy Mitchell (daughter)
Patricia Mitchell (daughter)
Jackie Mitchell (son)

More information

Pfc. James W. Mitchell worked in a machine shop before he at Camp Dodge, Iowa on 23 May 1944.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / Iowa WWII Bonus Case Files for Beneficiaries / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil 1942-1949, A footsoldier for Patton / Michael C. Bilder James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry division in the ETO

Photo source: www.newspapers.com - The Waterloo Courier, www.findagrave.com - Martin B / Kelly