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Personal info

Full name
BASS, James Franklin
Date of birth
29 March 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Benonine, Wheeler County, Texas
Hometown
Roswell, Chaves County, New Mexico

Military service

Service number
38579390
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
L Company,
3rd Battalion,
12th Infantry Regiment,
4th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
20 November 1944
Place of death
Hürtgen Forest, in the vicinity of Zweifall, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
B 31 33

Immediate family

Members
James F. Bass Sr. (father)
Mary A. (Sylvester) Bass (mother)
Vyona M. Bass (half-sister)
James A. Bass (half-brother)
Dorothy I. Bass (half-sister)
James L. Bass (half-sister)
Kenneth G. Bass (brother)
Elmer L. Bass (brother)
Marl D. Bass (sister)
Lila L. Bass (sister)
Delora M. (Turney) Bass (wife)
Janice L. Bass (daughter)
Melvin D. Bass (son)

More information

Pvt James F. Bass enlisted at Fort Bliss, El Paso, Texas on 29 January 1944

He attended Elementary School in Pericco, Turkey, Texas for 8 years and High School for 4 years in Portales, New Mexico. He married Delora Mae Turney on 18 March 1940.
He was a Salesman for Liggett and Myers Tabacco Company. Pvt Bass trained at Camp Fanning at Tyler, Texas. He went overseas on 5 August 1944 and served in England, France, Belgium and Germany.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Danny van der Groen, Astrid van Erp, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ivydivisionww2.com, www.ancestry.com - New Mexico WWII Record / Family Tree

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.ancestry.com - New Mexico WWII Record