James Oscar Pasley (1914 - 1945)

Born 14 Sep 1914 in Texarkana, Bowie, Texas, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Leona Rowena (Fleming) Collett — married 5 Jul 1937 in Bowie, Texas, United States

Died 14 Jan 1945 at age 30 in Vielsalm, Luxembourg, Belgium

Biography

When James Oscar Pasley was born on September 14, 1914, in Texarkana, Texas, his father, Samuel, was 25 and his mother, Georgia, was 25.^[1] His mother died when he was two and his father remarried to Mary Walton in 1920. James married Leona Rowena Fleming (1921-2010) on July 5, 1937, in Bowie, Texas.^[2] He died on January 14, 1945, in Bastogne, Luxembourg, Belgium, at the age of 30.^[3]

U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men:^[4]

Name: James Oscar Pasley

Gender: Male

Race: White

Age: 26

Relationship to Draftee: Self (Head)

Birth Place: Texarkana, Texas, USA

Birth Date: 14 Sep 1914

Residence Place: Texarkana, Bowie, Texas, USA

Registration Date: 16 Oct 1940

Employer: L McDonegel

Weight: 161

Complexion: Ruddy

Eye Color: Hazel

Hair Color: Red

Height: 5 9

Next of Kin: Leona R Pasley

U.S., World War II Army Enlistment Record:^[5]

Name: James O Pasley

Birth Year: 1913

Race: White, citizen (White)

Nativity State or Country: Texas

State of Residence: Texas

County or City: Bowie

Enlistment Date: 20 Apr 1944

Enlistment State: Texas

Enlistment City: Camp Wolters

Branch: No branch assignment

Branch Code: No branch assignment

Grade: Private

Grade Code: Private

Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law

Component: Selectees (Enlisted Men)

Source: Civil Life

Education: Grammar school

Civil Occupation: Skilled Upholsterers

Marital Status: Married

Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil:^[6]

Name: James O Pasley

Gender: Male

Rank: PFC

Residence Place: Texas

Death Date: 14 Jan 1945

Cemetery: Henri-Chapelle

Burial Place: Henri-Chapelle, Belgium

Next of Kin: Mr Samuel O Pasley

Next of Kin Relationship: Father

World War II and Korean Conflict Veterans Interred Overseas:^[7]

Name: James O Pasley

Inducted From: Texas

Rank: Private First Class

Combat Organization: 33rd Regiment 3rd Armoured Division

Death Date: 14 Jan 1945

Monument: Henri-Chapelle, Belgium

Last Known Status: Buried

U.S. Awards: Purple Heart Medal

WWI, WWII, and Korean War Casualty Listings:^[8]

Name: James O. Pasley

Death Date: 14 Jan 1945

Cemetery: Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery

Cemetery Burial Plot: Plot F Row 1 Grave 37

Cemetery City: Henri-Chapelle

Cemetery Country: Belgium

War: World War II

Awards: Purple Heart

Title: Private First Class

Rank: Private First Class

Service: U.S. Army

Service ID: 38685445

Division: 33rd Armored Regiment, 3rd Armored Division

Data Source: World War II Honor Roll

Sources

1. ↑ Texas, Birth Certificates, 1903-1932, Birth Place Texarkana, Bowie, Texas, USA, Mother Goergie O'Dell
2. ↑ Texas, County Marriages, 1817-1965; Spouse Leona Fleming, Film Number 001839954
3. ↑ https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/36407284/person/262046819556/facts
4. ↑ U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947, The National Archives in St. Louis, Missouri; St. Louis, Missouri; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 1146
5. ↑ National Archives and Records Administration. Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, 1938-1946 [Archival Database]; ARC: 1263923. World War II Army Enlistment Records; Records of the National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 64; National Archives at College Park. College Park, Maryland, U.S.A.
6. ↑ Headstone Inscription and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, 1942–1949. Series A1 43, NAI ID: 7408555. Records of the American Battle Monuments Commission, 1918–ca. 1995. Record Group 117. The National Archives at Washington, D.C.
7. ↑ National Archives and Records Administration. Register, World War II Dead Interred in American Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil and World War II and Korea Missing or Lost or Buried at Sea. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration.
8. ↑ American Battle Monuments Commission. World War I Listing; World War II Listing; Korean War Listing. American Battle Monuments Commission.

• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56284437/james-o-pasley

• Year: 1920; Census Place: Texarkana Ward 4, Bowie, Texas; Roll: T625_1775; Page: 13A; Enumeration District: 7

• Year: 1930; Census Place: Pine Bluff, Jefferson, Arkansas; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 0046; FHL microfilm: 2339814