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Written by James Thurman Futch
Detroit, Michigan
Born April 15, 1930
Private, U.S. Army
Service Number 16402335
Non-hostile Death
Died November 19, 1952 in Korea
Private Futch was a member of Company A, 840th Engineer Aviation Construction Battalion. On November 19, 1952, six miles south of Osan, South Korea, he was in a vehicle that was struck by at train at a train crossing. Private Futch was awarded the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Presidential Unit Citation and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal.
FUTCH, JAMES T
- PVT USA 840 E AB CO A
- DATE OF BIRTH: 04/15/1930
- DATE OF DEATH: 11/19/1952
- BURIED AT: SECTION 33 SITE 9422
- ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY
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