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<blockquote data-quote="John Robertson" data-source="post: 4673" data-attributes="member: 1"><p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>SURNAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Taft </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>FORENAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>James Matthew</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>UNIT</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>2 Ranger Bn (Company F) </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>RANK</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Private First Class </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>NUMBER</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>34836857 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>DATE OF DEATH</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>30th March 1945 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>AGE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>19</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>GRAVESITE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, Netherlands Plot L Row 13 Grave 12 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>ADDITIONAL INFORMATION</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>from Limestone County, Alabama</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>born 20.09.1925 Lincoln, Tennessee, USA</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em><em>father Warren Blake Taft (1888-1962)</em></em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em><em>mother Alice Mae (nee Maddox) Taft (1896-1979)</em></em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>1 year high school</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>civil occupation Farm Hand</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>single without dependents upon enlistment</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>employed by Father</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>20.09.1943 draft card Elkmont, Alabama</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>22.06.1944 entered service Fort McPherson Atlanta, Georgia</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Next of kin - Father. Mr. W.B. Taft, Route 1, Elkmont, Alabama</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>KIA Emmerhausen, Germany </em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em><a href="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/j-taft-grave.39190/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/39/39190-d0b7cf4ffdfae4a0f2562acec240f36b.jpg?1695322059" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 300px; height: 300px" /></a></em></p></blockquote><p></p>
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