WWII · Battle Death Record
James Redmond
Staff Sergeant, U.S. Army · California
Personnel File — Core Information
- Name
- James Redmond
- Entered the Service From
- California
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Unit / Regiment
- 299th Engineer Combat Battalion
- War
- WWII
- Date of Death
- December 21, 1944
- Awards
- Bronze Star Medal, Croix de Guerre
- Burial / Memorial
- Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial, Neupré, Belgium
- Grave
- Plot D, Row 6
Their story
James McKay Redmond was an acclaimed Los Angeles painter and muralist who enlisted in the U.S. Army and landed at Omaha Beach on D-Day with the 299th Engineer Combat Battalion. After six months of combat engineering across Europe, he was killed in action in December 1944 during the Battle of the Bulge while his unit fought to recapture Martelange, Belgium. He is buried at the Ardennes American Cemetery in Belgium.
Compiled from American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) and National Archives (NARA) records and public sources.
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