Name:
James Elstner Bourgeois
Rank:
First Lieutenant
Serial Number:
13848
Unit:
United States Marine Corps
Date of Death:
1944-07-21
State:
Louisina
Cemetery:
National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Hawaii
Plot:
N
Row:
Grave:
427
Decoration:
Comments:
James Elstner Bourgeois was born on March 15, 1920, in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana. He was the son of Clifford James Bourgeois Sr. and Verna Yolande Grayson Bourgeois.
He served in Company A, 11th Tractor Battalion, United States Marine Corps as a First Lieutenant during World War II. He was Killed in Action on July 21, 1944, during the Battle for Guam.