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| Corporal James Singleton served in an anti aircraft artillery unit in Normandy. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/72279731/james-a.-singleton https://www.facebook.com/197thAntiAirCraftArtillery/ |
James A. Singleton, Jr. never had a chance to reach 100 years old today. Instead, he sacrificed his life for our freedom.
He was born on January 20, 1918 in Mississippi. His parents Avery and Louisa were also both born in Mississippi. His father worked as a saw mill laborer and later as a public road laborer. Still later he was a farmer. James had a younger brother (who served in the navy during the war) and two younger sisters. By 1940 James had completed four years of high school. He still lived at home, working as a laborer.
After completing one year of college James enlisted in the army on November 6, 1941. He became a corporal in Battery C, 197th Field Artillery. From what I could research this was an anti aircraft artillery unit in 1944. This unit landed on Omaha Beach on either D-Day or D+1. I don't have more details about Cpl. Singleton, who died on July 27, 1944.
His grave is at Bethel Baptist Church Cemetery in Poplarville, Mississippi.
Last year on this date I profiled A-20 Havoc gunner Joseph Joyce. You can read his story here.
On behalf of the fallen, if you would like to see more people become aware of this project to honor the WW2 fallen, be sure to share with others on Twitter, Facebook, etc. Thanks for your interest!
I created this video to explain why I started this project: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXt8QA481lY.
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