US PARAS Payne, James Edward

[Craig Robertson]

• SURNAME

Payne​

• FORENAME

James Edward​

• UNIT

513th Parachute Infantry Regiment​

• RANK

Private First Class​

• NUMBER

34606860​

• DATE OF DEATH

24th March 1945​

• AGE

20​

• GRAVESITE

Zachary Taylor National Cemetery, Louisville, Kentucky, USA. Section I, Site 221 (Group Burial)​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

born 04.06.1924, Statesville, North Carolina, USA​

father Roy Otis Payne (1899-1963)​

mother Lena (nee Jenkins) Payne (1898-1985)​

1 year college​

single without dependents upon enlistment​

civil occupation salesperson​

30.06.1942 draft card Statesville, North Carolina​

17.02.1943 entered service Camp Croft, South Carolina​

1943 married Aleene (nee Miller) (1924-2015)​

sons James Edward Payne (1945-1948) Billy Earl Payne (1945-2015)​

KIA Germany (C-46D #44-77595 shot down by German Artillery)​

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