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PFC James Treadway entered the Marine Corps in August 1942.
He was trained as a parachutist and served in the South Pacific, Solomon Islands, 1943-4, L Company, 3rd Parahute Battalion, 1st Parachute Regiment.
He then was transferred to B Company, 1st Battalion, 28th Marines.
He was severely wounded by shrapnel to both legs on 2 March 1945. He died of those wound son 19 March 1945.
Initially interred on Guam where he had died. He was interred in Golden Gate National Cemetery, California. He has a cenotaph in Grace Hill Cemetery, Perry, Noble County, Oklahoma
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Note: James was a direct descendant of a Cherokee Strip Pioneer, his mother, Clara E. Berger Treadway. His mother was living in Walnut Creek, California at the time of his loss. She and William F. Treadway had 5 children prior to his unfortunate death as an officer of the Perry Police Department, 21 February 1930.
