Rank and Name, Private First Class James V. Alania.
Unit/Placed in, 262nd Infantry Regiment, 66th Infantry Division “Black Panther”.
James is born approx. on 1912 in New York.
Spouse, Lucille P. (Largett) Alania.
James enlisted the service in New York with service number # 32854508.
James was KIA/MIA onboard the SS Leopoldville when it was Torpedoed by the German U Boat 486 in the English Channel on Dec. 24, 1944, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Good Conduct Medal, Marksman Ship Badge, Combat Infantry Badge, American Campaign Medal, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.
James is buried/mentioned at Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial, Colleville-sur-Mer, Departement du Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France.
Walls of the missing.
Thanks to, http://www.66thinfantrydivision.org/
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/GMTK-ZQM
Jean Louis Vijgen, ww2-Pacific.com 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
Navy Seal Memorial, http://www.navysealmemorials.com
Family Info, https://www.familysearch.org
WW2 Info, https://www.pacificwrecks.com/
Medals Info, https://www.honorstates.org
Medals Forum, https://www.usmilitariaforum.com/
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/
TWS Roll of Honor, togetherweserved.com
