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Personal info

Full name
BROWN, James Clarence
Date of birth
21 November 1914
Age
30
Place of birth
Lee County, Mississippi
Hometown
Nettleton, Lee County, Mississippi

Military service

Service number
34348771
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
G Company,
2nd Battalion,
134th Infantry Regiment,
35th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
11 December 1944
Place of death
Sarreinsming, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
J 40 21

Immediate family

Members
Daniel N. Brown (father)
Roda (Magness) Brown (mother)
Lunie H. Brown (brother)
Ludie B. Brown (sister)
Middie A. Brown (sister)
Herman D. Brown (brother)
Aubry M. Brown (sister)

More information

Pfc James C. Brown worked on a farm before he enlisted at Camp Shelby, Mississippi on 19 August 1942.
He was killed by artillery shell fragments in his stomach.
He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Limey, 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 / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Kathy Burch Family Tree / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, After Action Report 35th Infantry Division
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