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Personal info

Full name
ALTIC, James Earl
Date of birth
26 April 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Salem City, Virginia
Hometown
Cambria, Montgomery County, Virginia

Military service

Service number
33661619
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
313th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
19 December 1944
Place of death
Near Scheibenhardt, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
John H. Altic (father)
Julia M. (Long ) Altic (mother)
Edith M. Altic (sister)
Ruth D. Altic (sister)
John H. Altic (brother)
Louise C. Altic (sister)
Robert L. Altic (brother)
Mary E. (Graham) Altic (wife)
Kenny E. Altic (son)

More information

Pfc James E. Altic was employed at the Hercules Powder Company.

He enlisted on 2 February 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Scott Vidal Lysen Kerrigan Family Tree, www.findagrave.com - MAJ Jimmy Cotton, Combat History 79th Infantry Division

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.findagrave.com - Bill Wheeler / Cinsy Akers