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Personal info

Full name
REEVES, James Thomas
Date of birth
8 April 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Burwell, Carroll County, Georgia
Hometown
Shiloh, Carroll County, Georgia

Military service

Service number
6966063
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
104th Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
unknown

Death

Status
Died non-Battle
Date of death
7 January 1945
Place of death
Near Wiltz, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
D 6 24

Immediate family

Members
Lee W. Reeves (father)
Mary A. (Arthur) Reeves (mother)
Grace P. Reeves (sister)
Garland G. Reeves (brother)
Merrell M. Reeves (brother)
Willie M. Reeves (brother)
Willard R. Reeves (brother)
Nellie R. Reeves (sister)
Mary J. Reeves (sister)
Ina E. Reeves (wife)

More information

Pvt James T. Reeves worked on a farm before he joined the Regular Army at Fort Moultrie, South Carolina on 15 July 1940.

He was killed by friendly fire in his bunk as a buddy was cleaning his gun. It accidentally discharged.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census / Quincy Family Tree, www.findagrave.com – Coleman, www.fold3.com – 26th Infantry Division

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Luxembourg American Cemetery / Brenda Taliaferro