PVT James Clinton Sanders

courtesy of CynC

PVT James Clinton Sanders was born 2 May 1920 in Hill County, Texas. He was the 4th of the 8 children born to James Monroe and Ella Clementine (Stephens) Sanders. His father worked as a hired hand for other people on their farms. Sister, Esther Mae Sanders, was burned to death in 1936 while using gasoline as a cleaning solvent. His father died in 1938. In 1940, James was himself working as a hired hand reporting a 1939 income of $100.

James was probably drafted in the fall of 1943. After his basic military training he was sent to the European theater and transferred from the replacement depot to B Company 116th Infantry on 17 Jul 1944. PVT Sanders was killed in action on 3 Aug 1944 near Vire, France.

PVT Sanders was repatriated and re-interred in the Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery in San Antonio, Texas.

Brothers, Boley, Carven and Hoover also served in the U.S. Army. Great-grandfather, Duncan Fountain Simmons, served as a CPL in F Company 22nd Texas Infantry (CSA) in the Civil War.