2LT James Thornton “Jim” Hamrick (1923-1945)

2LT James Thornton “Jim” Hamrick

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8 Nov 1923

Tallapoosa, Haralson County, Georgia, USA

Death

2 Mar 1945 (aged 21)

Dahn, Landkreis Südwestpfalz, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany

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Forest Hill Cemetery

Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama, USA Add to Map

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24-15

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Lt. Hamrick was a fighter pilot with 366th Fighter Squadron, 358th Fighter Group, 9th Air Force. He was killed in action on 2 March 1945, when his P-47 was shot down while strafing a German train near Dahn, Germany. His brother, Charles, was also killed in World War II as a navagator in the 100th Bomb Group.

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Thomas Daniel Hamrick

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2LT Charles Marion Hamrick Jr

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William Taylor Hamrick

Thomas Daniel Hamrick

Hazel Hamrick Malmede

2LT Charles Marion Hamrick Jr

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