James Posey
Private First Class, U.S. Army
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PFC James Posey
James Posey
Private First Class, U.S. Army
Service #34779383
Assigned to the
313th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division,
European Theatre
Laid to Rest at Plot E, Row 2, Grave 45
Normandy American Cemetery
Colleville-sur-Mer, France
Died of Wounds (DOW) July 15, 1944
Awards:
Purple Heart
American Campaign
Service Medal
European-African-
Middle Eastern
Campaign Medal
World War II
Victory Medal
Pvt James Posey entered the US Army from Pickens County South Carolina
and his loss is Recorded on
the American Battle Monuments Commission website and the
US Army World War II Honor List of Dead and Missing,
State of South Carolina, Pickens County, Page 14.
The following information on this casualty is sourced from The National Archives Database:
Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938 - 1946 (Enlistment Records)
SERIAL NUMBER
34779383
NAME
POSEY JAMES
RESIDENCE: STATE
SOUTH CAROLINA
RESIDENCE: COUNTY
PICKENS
PLACE OF ENLISTMENT
CP CROFT SOUTH CAROLINA
DATE OF ENLISTMENT
7/28/1943
GRADE, ALPHA
Private
BRANCH: CODE
No branch assignment
FIELD USE AS DESIRED
# (NO DATA ENTERED)
TERM OF ENLISTMENT
Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law
LONGEVITY
# (NO DATA ENTERED)
SOURCE OF ARMY PERSONNEL
Civil Life
NATIVITY
SOUTH CAROLINA
YEAR OF BIRTH
1925
RACE AND CITIZENSHIP
White, citizen
EDUCATION
Grammar school
CIVILIAN OCCUPATION
316, Farm hands, general farms
MARITAL STATUS
Single, with dependents
COMPONENT OF THE ARMY
Selectees (Enlisted Men)
CARD NUMBER
# (NO DATA ENTERED
BOX NUMBER
0848
FILM REEL NUMBER
3.270
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