US PARAS Pursell, James Roy

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Pursell​

• FORENAME

James Roy​

• UNIT

504 Parachute Infantry Regiment (Company G)​

• RANK

First Lieutenant​

• NUMBER

0-1289136​

• AWARD

Bronze Star with oak leaf cluster​

• PLACE

Europe (Germany + Belgium)​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from Alabama​

born 30.12.1919 Daviston Tal, Alabama, USA​

father John L. Pursell​

mother Ara F. (nee Bence) Pursell​

03.1940 entered service 22nd Infantry Division​

05.1942 paratrooper​

09.1945 discharged​

1947 entered service Air Force​

wife Dorothy Jane Pursell​

son John Robert Pursell (1951-1994)​

resided Fort Payne, De Kalb, Alabama​

died 04.11.2002 (Aged 82)​

Mount Moriah Cemetery, Guest, Alabama, USA​