Private First Class Jim M. Venable 37713716
Private First Class Jim M. Venable 37713716 US Army. Born 21 November 1920 in Missouri. Attended West High School in Denver Colorado and worked for a mining company prior to entering service on 20 November 1944, at the age of 23. Trained at Camp Hood, Texas and served with Company I, 34th Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division. Participated in the Philippines invasion and won a Battle Star for action on Mindanao (PTO). Later transferred to Service Company, 34th Infantry, for occupation duty in Matsuyama, Japan. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. M. T. Venable of Colorado Springs, Colorado His wife, Edna, and son, James, also reside in Colorado Springs.
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1- THE FIGHTING MEN OF Colorado – Asiatic-Pacific Theater World War Two – 1948
2- https://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=893&mtch=1&cat=all&tf=F&q=Jim+M.+Venable&bc=sd&rpp=10&pg=1&rid=6879910