Ray James

World War II
Service #500780
RankPrivate First Class U.S. Marine Corps
Entered Service From Mississippi
Date of DeathNovember 20 1943
StatusRecovered
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
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Purple Heart
Purple Heart
Notes

The remains of Pfc. Ray James were identified by the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency in 2017. His name is permanently engraved in the World War II “Courts of the Missing” at the Honolulu memorial.

rosetta medal
When an individual’s remains have been accounted for by the U.S. Department of Defense, a rosette is placed next to the name on the Wall/Tablet/Court of the Missing to mark that the person now rests in a known gravesite.