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Personal info

Full name
AVER, James Melvin
Date of birth
6 May 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Alameda, Alameda County, California
Hometown
Alameda, Alameda County, California

Military service

Service number
39423956
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
30th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
5 April 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Wolfsmünster, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
D 44 19

Immediate family

Members
James H. Aver (father)
Alice B. (Farmer) Aver (mother)
Donald L. Aver (brother)
Claire V. (Lewis) Aver (wife)

More information

Pfc James M. Aver graduated from Piedmont High School and was a store keeper employed by the Independent Wholesale Grocery Company before he enlisted in San Francisco, California on 31 August 1944.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in the abdomen and leg.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Cards, History 3rd Infantry Division WWII
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy