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Personal info

Full name
STALEY, James Eli
Date of birth
23 December 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Chauncey, Athens County, Ohio
Hometown
Chauncey, Athens County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35240717
Rank
Private
Function
Rifleman
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
318th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
11 February 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Biesdorf, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 15 11

Immediate family

Members
Elmer L. Staley (father)
Emma B. (Burge) Staley (mother)
Edward E. Staley (brother)
Clarence L. Staley (brother)
Walter E. Staley (brother)
Russell L. Staley (brother)
Gene T. Staley (brother)
William S. Staley (brother)
Juanita J. (Hardy) Staley (wife)
Linda Staley (daughter)

More information

Pvt James E. Staley attended high school for two years and was a welder employed by Whitehead & Kales Company in River Rouge, Michigan, before he enlisted at Fort Hayes, Ohio on 1 September 1944.

He was married to Juanita Hardy on 5 July 1941.

He was killed by a bullet to the chest.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card File / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Collins Family Tree, www.80thdivision.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Angela Aponte