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Personal info

Full name
WEDDINGTON, James Gordon
Date of birth
12 December 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Franklin County, Tennessee
Hometown
Franklin County, Tennessee

Military service

Service number
34983914
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
10th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
10 January 1945
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
I 7 19

Immediate family

Members
Isaac G. Weddington (father)
Mary P. (Knight) Weddington (mother)
Ola M. Weddington (sister)
Willie B. Weddington (brother)
Hazel W. Weddington (sister)
Matthew M. Weddington (brother)
Mable Weddington (sister)
Sam Weddington (brother)
Leon Weddington (brother)
Louise Weddington (sister)
Henry Weddington (brother)
Thomas Weddington (brother)
Allen Weddington (brother)
Louise (Glasner) Weddington (wife)
Beverly Weddington (daughter)
Joyce Weddington (daughter)

More information

Pfc James G. Weddington attended 3 years of high school and worked on a farm.

He enlisted at Camp Shelby, Mississippi on 21 March 1944.

He was wounded in action, late December 1944. At the time of his death, the 10th Infantry Regiment was holding the defensive line South of the Sauer River extending generally from Gilsdorf to Reisdorf, Luxembourg.

He married on 18 September 1942 in Alabama.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / Alabama County Mariages/ Headstone and Interment Record 1942-1949, www.findagrave.com, A footsoldier for Patton / Michael C. Bilder James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry Division in the ETO

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Astrid, Twan van Leeuwen