Rank and Name, Second Lieutenant James Aitken Jr.
Unit/Placed in, 157th Infantry Regiment, 45th Infantry Division “Thunderbird”.
James is born approx. on 1919 in New York.
Father, James Aitken Sr.
Mother, Isabel Aitken.
James enlisted the service in California with service number # O1327072.
James died of his wounds sustained at the breaching the Siegfried line(18 March) on April 2, 1945, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Combat Infantry Badge, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Distinguished Unit Citation, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.
James is buried/mentioned at Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial,
Saint-Avold, Departement de la Moselle, Lorraine, France.
Thanks to, http://www.45thdivision.org/
Jean Louis Vijgen, ww2-Pacific.com ww2-europe.com
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