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Personal info

Full name
HARRIS, James Ambrose
Date of birth
13 December 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Simpson County, Kentucky
Hometown
Franklin, Simpson County, Kentucky

Military service

Service number
35845652
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
D Company,
1st Battalion,
134th Infantry Regiment,
35th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
25 January 1945
Place of death
Hachiville, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 15 14

Immediate family

Members
James R. Harris (father)
Georgia R. (Garrison) Harris (mother)
Harold B. Harris (brother)
Edna C. (Biggs) Harris (wife)
Robert E. Harris (son)
Judith A. Harris (daughter)

More information

Sgt James A. Harris attended Franklin High School for four years, he was a farmer and later worked for the Greyhound Bus Company before he enlisted at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana on 30 June 1944. He was sent overseas on 20 December 1944.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments to his head.

He is also remembered at the Pilo Knob Presbyterian Church Cemetery in Franklin, Simpson County, Kentucky.

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 / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, After Action Report 35th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - Bob Law
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery / Ellen, www.newspapers.com - The Franklin Favorite 22 February 1945