Wilbur "Bud" enlisted in the Army at Cleveland, OH on 29 June 1943. Pvt James was transferred from the Field Force Replacement Depot #8 to HQ Company, 1st Battalion, 508th Parachute Regiment on 7 April 1944. He was appointed to the grade of Pfc on 19 July 1944.
Pfc James jumped into Normandy on D-Day and awarded the Combat Infantryman Badge for action during Normandy, France Campaign, 6 June 1944 to 9 July 1944.
He was wounded in action on 23 September 1944 and promoted to the rank of Corporal 22 October 1944, perhaps while still in the Holland combat zone.
On 24 December 1944, Cpl James was reported as Missing In Action but on 19 February 1945 his status was changed to Killed In Action.
OBITUARY
Funeral Sunday for Cpl. James
The body of Cpl. Wilbur E. James, 20, son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry James, Mineral Ridge, who was killed in action December 24, 1944 in France during the Battle of the Bulge, arrived in Mineral Ridge Friday.
The body was taken to the Lane Funeral Home in Mineral Ridge where services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Sunday in charge of Rev. David Yoost. Burial will be in Kerr Cemetery. The family will meet friends at the funeral home tonight.
Born June 2, 1924 in Niles, he graduated in the 1943 class at Mineral Ridge High School and attended the Mineral Ridge Methodist Church.
He entered the service June 12, 1943 and received paratrooper training at Fort Benning, GA. He went overseas with the 82nd Airborne Division February 8, 1944. He received he Presidential Citation and participated in three major battles, Normandy, Holland, and the Bulge.
The Mineral Ridge VFW Post will conduct military services.
Besides his parents, he leaves three sisters, Mrs. Violet Quinn, Salem, Mrs. Margaret Daniels, Warren, and Mrs. Mildred Harshman, Youngstown; and two brothers, Jack Evans, Middlefield, and Walter Evans, with the U.S. Navy.
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Pfc James jumped into Normandy on D-Day and awarded the Combat Infantryman Badge for action during Normandy, France Campaign, 6 June 1944 to 9 July 1944.
He was wounded in action on 23 September 1944 and promoted to the rank of Corporal 22 October 1944, perhaps while still in the Holland combat zone.
On 24 December 1944, Cpl James was reported as Missing In Action but on 19 February 1945 his status was changed to Killed In Action.
OBITUARY
Funeral Sunday for Cpl. James
The body of Cpl. Wilbur E. James, 20, son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry James, Mineral Ridge, who was killed in action December 24, 1944 in France during the Battle of the Bulge, arrived in Mineral Ridge Friday.
The body was taken to the Lane Funeral Home in Mineral Ridge where services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Sunday in charge of Rev. David Yoost. Burial will be in Kerr Cemetery. The family will meet friends at the funeral home tonight.
Born June 2, 1924 in Niles, he graduated in the 1943 class at Mineral Ridge High School and attended the Mineral Ridge Methodist Church.
He entered the service June 12, 1943 and received paratrooper training at Fort Benning, GA. He went overseas with the 82nd Airborne Division February 8, 1944. He received he Presidential Citation and participated in three major battles, Normandy, Holland, and the Bulge.
The Mineral Ridge VFW Post will conduct military services.
Besides his parents, he leaves three sisters, Mrs. Violet Quinn, Salem, Mrs. Margaret Daniels, Warren, and Mrs. Mildred Harshman, Youngstown; and two brothers, Jack Evans, Middlefield, and Walter Evans, with the U.S. Navy.
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Wilbur "Bud" enlisted in the Army at Cleveland, OH on 29 June 1943. Pvt James was transferred from the Field Force Replacement Depot #8 to HQ Company, 1st Battalion, 508th Parachute Regiment on 7 April 1944. He was appointed to the grade of Pfc on 19 July 1944.
Pfc James jumped into Normandy on D-Day and awarded the Combat Infantryman Badge for action during Normandy, France Campaign, 6 June 1944 to 9 July 1944.
He was wounded in action on 23 September 1944 and promoted to the rank of Corporal 22 October 1944, perhaps while still in the Holland combat zone.
On 24 December 1944, Cpl James was reported as Missing In Action but on 19 February 1945 his status was changed to Killed In Action.
OBITUARY
Funeral Sunday for Cpl. James
The body of Cpl. Wilbur E. James, 20, son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry James, Mineral Ridge, who was killed in action December 24, 1944 in France during the Battle of the Bulge, arrived in Mineral Ridge Friday.
The body was taken to the Lane Funeral Home in Mineral Ridge where services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Sunday in charge of Rev. David Yoost. Burial will be in Kerr Cemetery. The family will meet friends at the funeral home tonight.
Born June 2, 1924 in Niles, he graduated in the 1943 class at Mineral Ridge High School and attended the Mineral Ridge Methodist Church.
He entered the service June 12, 1943 and received paratrooper training at Fort Benning, GA. He went overseas with the 82nd Airborne Division February 8, 1944. He received he Presidential Citation and participated in three major battles, Normandy, Holland, and the Bulge.
The Mineral Ridge VFW Post will conduct military services.
Besides his parents, he leaves three sisters, Mrs. Violet Quinn, Salem, Mrs. Margaret Daniels, Warren, and Mrs. Mildred Harshman, Youngstown; and two brothers, Jack Evans, Middlefield, and Walter Evans, with the U.S. Navy.
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Pfc James jumped into Normandy on D-Day and awarded the Combat Infantryman Badge for action during Normandy, France Campaign, 6 June 1944 to 9 July 1944.
He was wounded in action on 23 September 1944 and promoted to the rank of Corporal 22 October 1944, perhaps while still in the Holland combat zone.
On 24 December 1944, Cpl James was reported as Missing In Action but on 19 February 1945 his status was changed to Killed In Action.
OBITUARY
Funeral Sunday for Cpl. James
The body of Cpl. Wilbur E. James, 20, son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry James, Mineral Ridge, who was killed in action December 24, 1944 in France during the Battle of the Bulge, arrived in Mineral Ridge Friday.
The body was taken to the Lane Funeral Home in Mineral Ridge where services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Sunday in charge of Rev. David Yoost. Burial will be in Kerr Cemetery. The family will meet friends at the funeral home tonight.
Born June 2, 1924 in Niles, he graduated in the 1943 class at Mineral Ridge High School and attended the Mineral Ridge Methodist Church.
He entered the service June 12, 1943 and received paratrooper training at Fort Benning, GA. He went overseas with the 82nd Airborne Division February 8, 1944. He received he Presidential Citation and participated in three major battles, Normandy, Holland, and the Bulge.
The Mineral Ridge VFW Post will conduct military services.
Besides his parents, he leaves three sisters, Mrs. Violet Quinn, Salem, Mrs. Margaret Daniels, Warren, and Mrs. Mildred Harshman, Youngstown; and two brothers, Jack Evans, Middlefield, and Walter Evans, with the U.S. Navy.
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