courtesy of CynC |
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.
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