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Personal info

Full name
MYERS, James Douglas
Date of birth
3 May 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Tacoma, Pierce County, Washington
Hometown
Tacoma, Pierce County, Washington

Military service

Service number
39211347
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
HQ & HQ Company,
56th Armored Infantry Battalion,
12th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
17 January 1945
Place of death
Rohrwiller, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
D 19 25

Immediate family

Members
Alexander D. Myers (father)
Mildred E. (Nicol) Myers (mother)
Mary L. Myers (sister)

More information

Pfc James D. Myers attended high school for four years and was a manager and superintendent in a building before he enlisted in Seattle, Washington on 10 July 1943.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com - A Grateful American, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.12tharmoredmuseum.com, www.findagrave.com
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