World War II Honoree

James David Evans

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Van Wert, Ohio

Honored By

Diana J. Jones

Relationship

Niece

HE WAS INDUCTED INTO SERVICE IN MARCH 1941, AND RECEIVED HIS TRAINING AT FORT RILEY, KANSAS, CAMP SIBERT, NEVADA, CAMP PRESIDIO, SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, FORT ORD, CALIFORNIA, AND CAMP ATTERBURY, INDIANA, THEN LEFT FOR OVERSEAS OCTOBER 1944. HE LANDED IN GERMANY DECEMBER 10, 1944, AND WAS CAPTURED DECEMBER 21. HE WAS CONFINED IN A BOX CAR DECEMBER 24 AT GERLOSTEIN, GERMANY, 30 MILES FROM BERLIN AND WAS MADE A PRISONER OF WAR AT STALEG IV-B ON JANUARY 1, WHERE HE DIED. HIS BODY WAS TEMPORARILY INTERRED AT HOHENSTEIN, ERNSTTHAL. HIS BODY, THE COUNTY'S 70TH WAR DEATH, ARRIVED IN THE U.S ABOARD THE ARMY TRANSPORT PRIVATE FRANCIS X. MCGRAW. HE WAS 26 AT THE TIME, AND HE DIED OF PNEUMONIA.