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Personal info

Full name
SANDERS, James Cleo
Date of birth
28 February 1922
Age
23
Place of birth
Daisy, Atoka County, Oklahoma
Hometown
Daisy, Atoka County, Oklahoma

Military service

Service number
38322837
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
20th Armored Infantry Battalion,
10th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
22 March 1945
Place of death
Landau in der Pfalz, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 9 25

Immediate family

Members
Elisha R. Sanders (father)
Mary A. (Riley) Sanders (mother)
Jack D. Sanders (brother)
Nellie J. Sanders (sister)
Edward R. Sanders (brother)
Gwendolyn Sanders (sister)
Loretta C. Sanders (sister)
Lola L. Sanders (sister)
Herbert Sanders (brother)
Mary F. Sanders (sister)
Veralee E. Sanders (sister)

More information

Pvt James C. Sanders was an animal and livestock farmer before he enlisted in Tulsa, Oklahoma on 18 November 1942.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in the stomach.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Michelle Kirk Family Tree / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.10tharmored.com, www.findagrave.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Luxembourg American Cemetery, www.ancestry.com – Donald Gresham