James H. Pitman

Major, U.S. Army

Service Number: O-023100

Unit: 45th Reconnaissance Troop, 45th Infantry Division

Entered the service from: New Jersey

Died: September 18, 1944

Buried at: Plot C, Row 30, Grave 67, Lorraine American Cemetery, St. Avold, France

Awards: Silver Star, Purple Heart, French Croix de Guerre with Palm

Major James H. Pitman was born in New Jersey in 1915 to Harold C. and Marion H. Pitman. His early years were spent in Camden, NJ, where the family lived at 1271 Kenwood Avenue in the Parkside section of Camden. In 1920 his father was working as a commercial salesman in the dry goods industry; by 1930 he was working as a dry goods inspector in a cloth mill, and the family had bought a home on Atco Avenue in Atco, Waterford Township, NJ. His family later moved to Pennsauken, NJ. James H. Pitman was a graduate of Haddonfield (NJ) Hospital, Washington College, and West Point.

Major James Pitman was killed in action in France on September 18, 1944, in fighting not far from Epinal, France. He was survived by his wife, Theodosia B. Pitman, of Pasadena, CA; his 15-month-old son, James H. Pitman; his parents Harold and Marion Pitman, of Pennsauken, NJ; and a brother, Lt. Bruce Pitman, with an Army engineer unit overseas. Major Pitman listed a Pennsauken, NJ address of 6757 Park Avenue.

Source: American Battle Monuments Commission