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Personal info

Full name
PLATT, James F
Date of birth
24 November 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Galeton, Potter County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Potter County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33775037
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
501st Parachute Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
20 December 1944
Place of death
Near Bastogne, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 9 59

Immediate family

Members
Clyde Platt (father)
Mary I. Platt (mother)
Ruth Platt (sister)
Charlotte Platt (sister)
Robert Platt (brother)
Mary J. Platt (sister)
Marjorie Platt (sister)
Helen Platt (sister)
Joyce Platt (sister)
Douna Platt (sister)

More information

Pvt James F. Platt enlisted in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania on 16 March 1944.

He attended high school for 3 years and worked in the manufacture of miscellaneous products 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 / Pennsylvania, Veteran Compensation Application Files, WWII / 1940 Census, http://www.ww2-airborne.us
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Luxembourg American Cemetery