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From: Eva Dayle Zippay <>
Subject: [PAMONVAL] Obituary, Jimmy R. Hamilton, 1944
Date: Sun, 20 May 2001 19:41:47 -0700 (PDT)



LOCAL SOLDIER DIES IN FRENCH BATTLE ACTION

Word is Received of Death Of PFC. James Hamilton of
Charleroi

Word was received last night by Mrs. Evelyn R.
HAMILTON, of 103 McKean Avenue, of the death in action
of her husband, Private First Class James R. HAMILTON,
aged 36 years. His death occurred on August 17.
The message received here follows:
The Secretary of War desires me to
Express his deep regret that your husband,

Private First Class James R. HAMILTON,
Was killed in action on seventeen August in

France. Letter follows.
J.A. ULIO
The Adjutant General
PFC. HAMILTON, the son of Carl HAMILTON, of
Charleroi, entered the service in February, 1942, and
went overseas in September, 1943. He was in the
armored infantry. In the tank destroyers following up
his division was a brother, Corporal Dale HAMILTON.
Both were in the First Army.
His mother, Mrs. Eva HAMILTON, died in May of
this year.
Surviving besides his wife and father, are five
brothers, Corporal Dale, in France; Master Sergeant
Clyde V., of the Ninth Air Force in England; A/C
Warren in Ballinger, Texas; Fred of Stockdale, and
Carl of Roscoe; five sisters, Mrs. Lee McCORMICK,
Roscoe; Mrs. Frank CROW, Monessen, Mrs. Anna Sheperd,
Cambridge, Mass., Mrs. Evelyn KOBALLA, and Shirley
HAMILTON at home.
Two nephews are also in the military service, A/C
James CROW at Big Springs, Texas, and Corporal Frank
CROW, at Lemoore, California.
A step-daughter, Olive Jane WALLACE also
survives.

>From The Charleroi Mail
Thursday, September 14, 1944
Page 1

Note: This is the obituary of my uncle.
There are three errors in this obituary.
1.His legal given name was Jimmy, not
James.
2.Sheperd is not the correct spelling of this name.
It should be Shepherd.
3.A/C James Crows legal given name was also Jimmy.


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Eva Dayle Zippay
Tallahassee, Florida


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