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Personal info

Full name
RUDER, James George
Date of birth
13 November 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Essex, Kankakee County, Illinois
Hometown
Kankakee County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
O-287593
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
60th Armored Infantry Battalion,
9th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
26 December 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Savelborn, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 16 64

Immediate family

Members
Andrew J. Ruder (father)
Ella M. (King) Ruder (mother)
Isadore A. Ruder (brother)
Andrew V. Ruder (brother)
Marcella M. Ruder (sister)
Mary M. Ruder (sister)
Adelia A. Ruder (sister)
Leonie R. (Crevier) Ruder (wife)

More information

1st Lt James G. Ruder joined the National Guard in 1941. He trained at Camp Forrest, Tennessee and later he was sent to Officers Candidate School at Fort Benning, Georgia.
He was married to Leona Crevier on 8 May 1943.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record, After action report 60th Armored Infantry Battalion

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.findagrave.com - R A Benoit