James Milton "J.M." Harrison

Conflicts & Campaigns

• European Theater of Operations Northern France; Rhineland
• Departed from New York aboard Queen Elizabeth on August 6, 1944.
• Arrived in England on August 12, 1944.
• Departed from Europe on June 1, 1945.
• Arrived in the US on June 11, 1945.

Significant Duty Stations

• Inducted; Fort McPherson, Atlanta, Georgia. Discharged; Fort Benning, Georgia.
• Company B, 301st Infantry Regiment, 94th Infantry Division, 3rd Army

Decorations & Citations

• Purple Heart (Wounded - Rhineland, January 21, 1945) Combat Infantryman Badge; Prisoner of War Medal; American Campaign Medal; European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with two battle stars;
• Army Good Conduct Medal; World War II Victory Medal; Expert Rifleman Badge

Notes

Born; Whigham, Georgia. Permanent mailing address, RFD Box 66, Rt. 2, Whigham, Georgia. Reported captured January 21, 1945. Prison Stalag 12 A at Limburg, Germany. Moved to Stalag 11 B Fallingbostel, Prussia. Liberated by British Forces on April 16, 1945. When captured weighed 210 lbs, when liberated he weighed 86 lbs. Retired; General Motors Corporation of Doraville, Georgia after 33 years of service. Father of SPC E5 James Albert Harrison US Army. Brother of Corporal Deloyd Harrison US Army and Corporal Cecil Delma Harrison US Army. Burial; Peachtree Memorial Park, Norcross, Gwinnett County, Georgia.