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Alkire, James W., Pfc.
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Home Town Parsons
Date of Passing Feb 01, 1975
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PRIVATE FIRST CLASS JAMES W. ALKIRE WORKED AS A FARM HAND NEAR PARSONS, WEST VIRGINIA BEFORE ENTERING THE ARMY ON 3 JUNE 1943. HE SERVED IN EUROPE FROM NOVEMBER 1943 UNTIL JUNE 1945(UNIT UNKNOWN). IN JUNE 1945 PFC ALKIRE WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE PACIFIC THEATRE, ARRIVING IN JULY OF 1945 AND WAS ASSIGED TO COMPANY I, 103RD INFANTRY REGIMENT, 43RD INFANTRY DIVISION UNTIL SEPTEMBER 1945 WHEN HE SAILED FOR THE U.S. PFC ALKIRE ARRIVED IN THE U.S. ON 9 OCTOBER 1945 AND AS THEN DISCHARGED O THE 20TH AT CAMP ATTERBURY, INDIANA. JAMES W. ALKIRE PASSED AWAY ON 1 FEB 1975 AT STARK, OHIO.
WWII - European Theater of Operations/Central Europe Campaign (1945)
From Month/Year
March / 1945
To Month/Year
May / 1945
Description (Central Europe Campaign 22 March to 11 May 1945) Following the Battle of the Bulge the Allies had pushed through to the Rhine. On 22 March 1945 they began their assault across the river, and by I April the Ruhr was encircled. Armored columns raced across Germany and into Austria and Czechoslovakia. On 25 April, the day American and Russian forces met on the Elbe, strategic bombing operations came to an end. Germany surrendered on 7 May 1945 and operations officially came to an end the following day, although sporadic actions continued on the European front until 11 May.