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Remembering World War II
James Russell Meuse
Private
31455173
347th Infantry Regiment, 87th Infantry Division, US Army
Purple Heart
December 17, 1925
Gloucester, Mass
March 13, 1944
Fort Devens, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
8 Arthur St., Gloucester, Essex County, Mass.
18
5 feet, 5 inches
Light
Brown
Brown
Single
Fishing occupation
Mrs Laura Meuse (Mother) Gloucester, Mass.
December 18, 1944
19
Lorraine American Cemetery, France
Plot G, Row 8, Grave 20
James Russell Meuse was the son of Eugene John Meuse (1877-1952; b. Amirault’s Hill, Yarmouth Co., NS)
and Mary Laura White (1884-1976; b. Abrams River, Yarmouth Co., NS). He was the brother of Eleanor
(1917-2014; b. Amirault’s Hill) Matilda Rose (1922-1982; b. Amirault’s Hill) and Eugene Richard (1928-
1992; b. Gloucester, Mass.)
The family was living in Gloucester, Massachusetts in 1943 when James completed a WWII Draft Card.
He had completed one year of high school was employed with Gloucester Seafood at the Fish Pier in
Gloucester.
James Meuse enlisted at Fort Devens on March 13, 1944. He served with the 347th Infantry Regiment,
87th Infantry Division, US Army in France. He was killed in action on December 18, 1944 and was buried
in the Lorraine American Cemetery, France.
James Russell Meuse
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