James M. Egbert

Private First Class James Marion Egbert grave marker photo

World War II
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Fallen

County:
Ramsey

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Army

Rank:
Private First Class

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:
121st Calvary Reconnaissance Squadron MECZ

Listed on/in the:
Register of North Dakota Veterans World War II 1941-1945 and Korean Conflict 1950-1953, published 1968

Major Battle/Theatre:
European African Middle Eastern Theater

Medals and Honors:

Circumstances:

Killed in action in Germany

Biography:

James Marion Egbert was born in Dunseith, Ramsey County, North Dakota on December 8, 1919, to Adrian Grover Egbert and Ethel M Burcham. He entered the United States Army at Fort Snelling, Minneapolis, Minnesota on June 27, 1944, and served in the European African Middle Eastern Theater. He married Eleanor Amanda Halstenson Egbert. Private First Class Egbert was killed in action on May 2, 1945, in Germany and is buried Elk Valley Lutheran Church Cemetery, McCanna, Grand Forks County, North Dakota. 

Source: Ancestry/Find a Grave