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Sgt James Clifford Childers

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Sgt James Clifford Childers Veteran

Birth
Kentucky, USA
Death
13 Sep 1944 (aged 25)
France
Burial
Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, USA Add to Map
Plot
SECTION E SITE 27
Memorial ID
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James served as a Sergeant on a M-10 Tank Destroyer, Company B, 601st Tank Destroyer Battalion, U.S. Army during World War II.

He resided in Hamilton County, Ohio prior to the war.

He enlisted in the Army on March 26, 1941, prior to the war, at Fort Thomas, Newport, Kentucky. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being Single, without dependents.

James was "Killed In Action" in France during the war.

He was awarded the Purple Heart.

More than likely these soldiers were all on the same M-10 as part of the 5 man crew.

He was originally interred in France and was later repatriated here on February 23, 1949.

Service # 35121771

The reason he is named on a group headstone is because when soldier's were killed in close proximity to each other they were unable, at that time, to identify them separately and interred their remains together in one grave.

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Those who where "Killed In Action" along with him included:

Brown, William B., Corp, Alabama
Corthell, Richard C., Pfc, Massachusetts
Prauman, Earl L., S/Sgt, New Hampshire

Bio & Crew Report by:
Russell S. "Russ" Pickett

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James served as a Sergeant on a M-10 Tank Destroyer, Company B, 601st Tank Destroyer Battalion, U.S. Army during World War II.

He resided in Hamilton County, Ohio prior to the war.

He enlisted in the Army on March 26, 1941, prior to the war, at Fort Thomas, Newport, Kentucky. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being Single, without dependents.

James was "Killed In Action" in France during the war.

He was awarded the Purple Heart.

More than likely these soldiers were all on the same M-10 as part of the 5 man crew.

He was originally interred in France and was later repatriated here on February 23, 1949.

Service # 35121771

The reason he is named on a group headstone is because when soldier's were killed in close proximity to each other they were unable, at that time, to identify them separately and interred their remains together in one grave.

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Those who where "Killed In Action" along with him included:

Brown, William B., Corp, Alabama
Corthell, Richard C., Pfc, Massachusetts
Prauman, Earl L., S/Sgt, New Hampshire

Bio & Crew Report by:
Russell S. "Russ" Pickett

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Inscription

SGT, 601 TK DESTROYER BN WORLD WAR II


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