Name:
James Lee McGuire
Rank:
Sergeant
Serial Number:
19071284
Unit:
505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne
Date of Death:
1945-01-03
State:
Washington
Cemetery:
Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery, Belgium
Plot:
B
Row:
16
Grave:
9
Decoration:
Purple Heart with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters
Comments:
When James Lee McGuire was born on January 24, 1914, in Burke, North Dakota, his father, Lee, was 38 and his mother, Rosa, was 32. He had four brothers and two sisters. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II as a Sergeant in Company A, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division. He was Killed in Action on January 3, 1945 and is now buried in Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery, Hombourg, Belgium.