Union County Veterans Remembrance Committee

Permanent Veteran Record

James Russell McKitrick

BranchArmy
RankFirst Lieutenant
Conflict / EraWorld War II
Years of Service1944 – 1946
Date of Birth10/01/1925
Date of Death01/26/2005
HometownJerome, OH
AwardsAsiatic Pacific Theater Ribbon, Victory Medal, Good Conduct Medal, Meritorious Unit Award, Army of Occupation Medal Japan
Burial LocationJerome Twp: New California Cemetery
Monument PaverSection D
SourceCertificate of Honorable Discharge, Union Co. Recorder's Office, Vol. 6, p. 131 | Ancestry - Find A Grave

Overseas service: Was on ship in Tokyo Bay ready for invasion of Japan when atomic bomb was dropped.; Was assigned to CIA and Military Police for occupancy of Tokyo.. Church: New Calif. Presb./Jerome United Meth.. School: Jerome Rural High School.

Printed from the UCVRC Veterans Database · Courthouse Veterans Monument