James Patrick Harper (1914–1944), Pittsburgh
great-great-uncle
Birth: 1914-02-19 · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Death: 1944-06-15 · Normandy, France
Name variants: Jimmy Harper
Jimmy, the eldest son of Jack and Nora, was drafted in 1942 and trained at Camp Shelby; the oval studio portrait from 1943 is the last photograph of him (S18). He landed in Normandy in June 1944 and was killed nine days later. His younger brother Thomas named his first son Michael James in his memory.
