Name:
James Joseph O'Brien
Rank:
Private First Class
Serial Number:
33157752
Unit:
13th Armored Regiment, 1st Armored Division
Date of Death:
1944-05-30
State:
District of Columbia
Cemetery:
Florence American Cemetery and Memorial, Florence, Cittą Metropolitana di Firenze, Toscana, Italy
Plot:
Tablets of the Missing
Row:
Grave:
Decoration:
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Clusters
Comments:
James Joseph O'Brien was born on February 4, 1908, in County Mayo, Ireland. He enlisted in the Army on March 30, 1942, at Camp Lee, Virginia. He served in the 13th Armored Regiment, 1st Armored Division, as a Private First Class during World War II.
PFC O'Brien was Killed in Action on May 30, 1944, in Italy. His name is memorialized in the Tablets of the Missing in the Florence American Cemetery and Memorial, Florence, Cittą Metropolitana di Firenze, Toscana, Italy.
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