Name:
James Gaither
Rank:
Technician 4th Grade
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Unit:
712th Tank Battalion, 90th Infantry Division
Date of Death:
1944-07-26
State:
Alabama
Cemetery:
Ashland City Cemetery, Ashland, Clay County, Alabama, USA
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James W. Gaither was born on December 22, 1920. He served in the 712th Tank Battalion as a Technician 4th Grade during World War II. He was Killed in Action on July 26, 1944, when his Sherman tank struck a stack of land mines at the hamlet of La Doderie in Gonefreville, France. He was buried at Ashland City Cemetery, Ashland, Clay County, Alabama, USA.