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Personal info

Full name
HARVEY, James Arthur
Date of birth
26 October 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Bellevue, Bossier Parish, Louisiana
Hometown
Montgomery County, Texas

Military service

Service number
38547717
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
506th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
28 December 1944
Place of death
Near Bastogne, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
I 7 6

Immediate family

Members
James N. Harvey (father)
Sallie V. (Wood) Harvey (mother)
Sallie L. Harvey (sister)
Leroy Harvey (brother)

More information

Pvt James A. Harvey enlisted in Houston, Texas on 6 January 1944.

He attended high school for 4 years before he enlisted.

He was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Grand Failly, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record, http://www.ww2-airborne.us
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Dominique Portier