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Personal info

Full name
WATERS, James Delmar
Date of birth
13 April 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Morgantown, Monongalia County, West Virginia
Hometown
Morgantown, Monongalia County, West Virginia

Military service

Service number
35756394
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Messenger
Unit
E Company,
2nd Battalion,
134th Infantry Regiment,
35th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
28 March 1945
Place of death
At the railroad, west of Gladbeck, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
C 13 25

Immediate family

Members
James O. Waters (father)
Nellie Waters (mother)
Margaret Waters (sister)
Ruth Waters (sister)

More information

Pfc James D. Waters enlisted in Clarksburg, West Virginia on 14 June 1943.

He joined his unit from the 38th Replacement Battalion on 11 September 1944 and was lightly wounded in action on 11 September 1944. He was promoted to Private First Class on 20 March 1945.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census, www.coulthart.com/134, www.fold3.com - WWII Draft Card

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Ruth Waters (sister), West Virginia Memory Project