John Evans James, Jr.

  • Citadel Class 1944
  • Date of Death 12/24/1944 12/25/1944
  • Service USA
  • War World War II
  • Cemetery Evergreen Cemetery
  • Rank abbr. 2LT

  • Born state SC
  • Hometown Clarendon Cty
  • State SC
  • Service Number S/N O-552698
  • Company C
  • Battalion 1st
  • Regiment 264th Infantry
  • Division 66th Infantry
  • Theater Europe
  • Status KIA
  • Casualty details KIA, Unknown location
  • Place of death English Channel; SS Leopoldville torpedoed 5 mi offshore; 700 lives lost
  • Town Summerton
  • Biography from news clipping