Jack James is a Military Veteran. Served in the United States Army 1943-1945 World War II
Jack James lived in Appalachia, in Alabama.
Jack Earl James was born June 14, 1923 to Filey E. James and Minnie E. James in Opelika, Alabama.[1]
He served the United States Army during World War II. He was a Private in the United States Army during WWII. Enlisting on January 11, 1943 at Ft. McClellan, Alabama. [2]
In the 1940 United States Cenus, he is listed as 16 years old and living in the household of Fowler James, his father, in Election Precinct 2, Opelika, Alabama.[3]
He married Mary George Mahone on October 19, 1946 in Macon County, Alabama. Their children were:
He died, at the age of 62, on June 8, 1986 in Auburn, Alabama. [4] He is buried at the Notasulga City Cemetery in Notasulga, Alabama.[5]
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↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:3XRD-5PZ : accessed 15 July 2021), Jack E James in household of Filey E James, Channahatchee, Elmore, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 2, sheet 1B, line 85, family 16, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 13; FHL microfilm 2,339,748.
↑ "United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KMVP-BSM : 5 December 2014), Jack E James, enlisted 11 Jan 1943, Ft Mcclellan, Alabama, United States; citing "Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938-1946," database, The National Archives: Access to Archival Databases (AAD) (http://aad.archives.gov : National Archives and Records Administration, 2002); NARA NAID 1263923, National Archives at College Park, Maryland.
↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V1P9-1ZW : 5 January 2021), Jack E James in household of Fowler James, Election Precinct 2 Opelika, Lee, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 41-8, sheet 4B, line 48, family 76, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 52.
↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JL4F-CXM : 10 January 2021), Jack James, Jun 1986; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/51742241/jack-earl-james : accessed 23 October 2021), memorial page for Jack Earl James (14 Jun 1923–8 Jun 1986), Find A Grave: Memorial #51742241, citing Notasulga City Cemetery, Notasulga, Macon County, Alabama, USA ; Maintained by Delilah Triplett (contributor 47022707) .
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