U.S. Army
TEC4 James B. Sabol 33034424
Died of Wounds - Unknown Date, Normandy France
Buried: Unknown
Identification Tag, above photo.
Temporary graves were marked with a simple wooden cross with an identification plate attached to the
center. In addition to the identification plate, the service members identification tag was also affixed to
the cross. Once a permanent stone marker could be erected or the service members remains could be
relocated, the original wooden cross would be removed and destroyed by incineration. This
identification or "dog" tag was found in Normandy France.
The identification tag is made of steel and marked:
James B Sabol 33034424 T-41-42 (Tetanus shot administered 1941 and 1942)
AB (Blood type) C (Catholic religion).
HISTORY OF JAMES B SABOL

James B Sabol was born in 1918 and hailed from Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. He entered service on
March 25th 1941 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He was Died of Wounds (DOW) while serving in Normandy,
France.
He was 26 years old at the time of his death.
No further information is available at this time.
Grave markers Normandy American Cemetery Colleville-sur-Mer, France, above photo.
Temporary graves were marked with a simple wooden cross with an identification plate attached to the
center as shown in the above photo. This photo was taken behind Omaha Beach in 1951 by Life
Magazine, 6 years after World War Two at what is now known as the Normandy American Cemetery
Colleville-sur-Mer, France. Permanent stone markers were added several years later.