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James Wesley Bracken Jr.

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James Wesley Bracken Jr.

Birth
Death
8 Oct 1951 (aged 27)
Burial
Macon, Bibb County, Georgia, USA GPS-Latitude: 32.8516972, Longitude: -83.6371639
Memorial ID
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He married Margaret Ruth Fowlkes (1927-2017) in 1947 in Macon, Ga., according to her online obituary.

per Ancestry's collection, WWI, WWII, and Korean War Casualty Listings, citing "Korean War Veterans Honor Roll" as the source:
James W Bracken Jr died 8 Oct 1951.
"First Lieutenant Bracken was a member of the 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division. He was Killed in Action while fighting the enemy in North Korea on October 8, 1951. First Lieutenant Bracken was awarded the Purple Heart, the Combat Infantryman's Badge, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Presidential Unit Citation and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal."
He married Margaret Ruth Fowlkes (1927-2017) in 1947 in Macon, Ga., according to her online obituary.

per Ancestry's collection, WWI, WWII, and Korean War Casualty Listings, citing "Korean War Veterans Honor Roll" as the source:
James W Bracken Jr died 8 Oct 1951.
"First Lieutenant Bracken was a member of the 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division. He was Killed in Action while fighting the enemy in North Korea on October 8, 1951. First Lieutenant Bracken was awarded the Purple Heart, the Combat Infantryman's Badge, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Presidential Unit Citation and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal."

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