Rank and Name, Private James T. Payne.
Unit/Placed in, 17th Tank Battalion (HQ-Com), 7th Armored Division.
James is born on 23 Sept. 1916 in Michigan.
Father, Charles A. Payne.
Mother, Verdia L. (Braswell) Payne.
James enlisted the service in Kentucky with service number # 36168087.
James was KIA when in a meeting an artillery shell hit the Battalion CP at Sillingny, France on 19 Sep. 1944, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Bronze Star Medal, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Army Presidential Unit Citation, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.
James was first buried at Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial Saint-Avold, Departement de la Moselle, Lorraine, France.
James is reburied at Mount Kenton Cemetery, Paducah, McCracken County, Kentucky, USA.
Thanks to,
Jean Louis Vijgen, ww2-Pacific.com and ww2-europe.com.
Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.
ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov
Marines Info, https://missingmarines.com/ Geoffrey Roecker
Seabees History Bob Smith https://seabeehf.org/
Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org
POW Info, http://www.mansell.com Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.
Philippine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/ Robert Capistrano
National Historian
Navy Seal Memorial, http://www.navysealmemorials.com
Family Info, https://www.familysearch.org
Info, https://www.pacificwrecks.com/
Medals Info, https://www.honorstates.org
Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com
Tank Destroyers, http://www.bensavelkoul.nl/
WordPress en/of Wooncommerce oplossingen, https://www.siteklusjes.nl/
Military Recovery, https://www.dpaa.mil/
