PVT James Theodore Weston

courtesy of Glenn

PVT James Theodore Weston was born 3 Jun 1925 in Morristown, New Jersey. He was the son of Francis (aka Frank) Holmes and Ada C. (Hockenberry) Weston. He may have been adopted. Frank was a blacksmith as were several other men in the extended family. Frank died at the age of 44 in August 1936 while the family was living in Bernards, New Jersey. Sometime after this James and his mother moved to Sussex County, New Jersey where they apparently lived with the farmer for whom James worked, Frank Johnson. 

James was probably drafted in late 1943. After completing approximately 5-months of basic military training he was sent to the European theater. PVT Weston was transferred from the replacement depot to C Company 116th Infantry on 18 Jul 1944 while it was in the vicinity of Saint-Lo, France. Serving as a rifleman, PVT Weston was killed in action on 30 Jul 1944. 

PVT Weston was repatriated in 1948 and re-interred in the Long Island National Cemetery in Farmingdale, New York.