Gregg Co., TX - Military - James Monzelle Aills

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S/Sgt. James M. Aills
s/o Mrs. W. W. Cline
Attended Pine Tree High School
Entered the Air Force Corps in 1942
Commissioned at Tyndall Field, Florida
Served in the Germany, Italy and France
Has Purple Heart with Cluster, Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters,
E.T.O. Ribbons with 3 Battle Stars and Presidential Citation with Cluster.


Name: James M Aills
Birth Year: 1923
Race: White, citizen
Nativity State or Country: Texas
State: Texas
County or City: Gregg

Enlistment Date: 8 Dec 1942
Enlistment State: Texas
Enlistment City: Tyler
Branch: Infantry
Branch Code: Infantry
Grade: Private
Grade Code: Private
Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency,
plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise
according to law
Component: Army of the United States - includes the following: Voluntary
enlistments effective December 8, 1941 and thereafter; One year enlistments of
National Guardsman whose State enlistment expires while in the Federal
Service; Officers appointed in the Army of
Source: Civil Life

Education: 2 years of high school
Civil Occupation: Student, Geography or Lithographic Pressman (Pressman,
rotary lithographic. )
Marital Status: Single, without dependents
Height: 69
Weight: 167