Personal knowledge, evidence, and DNA make it a fact that this is my father.
- 1924 Born: 30 Dec. 1924 Cyril, OK (Thomas Jefferson Hays and Ruth Price)
- 1924 death of Father
- 1930 Olton, Lamb, TX
- 193?? Chandler, Commanche, OK.
- 1935 Floydada, Floyd, TX (or Just mother?)
- 1940 Plainview, Hale, TX as James H. Peters, mother widowed.
- 1941 CA
- 1943 April 20 US Army assigned to 32nd Red Arrow Brigade F Co. 127 Infantry Division – Papuan Campaign, New Guinea Campaign, Southern Phillippine Campaign, Luzon Campaign. 2 Purple Hearts, Bronze Star with Oak Leaf Cluster, Phillippine Liberation, Combat Infantry Badge, etc.
- 1945 ETS in CA
- 1946 July 26Reenlist
- 1950 Korean War
- 1952 Married: ?
- 1952 Paula Dee
- 1955 David Wyan
- 1957 James Henry
- 1960 Thomas Edward
- 1961 Vietnam War (Kennedy Advisor)
- 1970 Jul 31 Retired
- Died: 19 Mar 1991 Schenectady, NY
What we know: His Father died just after his birth. [1930 Census] Ruth Hays 35, Ora 12, Wyan 10, Vida 8, Rdella (6), and James (5) living in Olton, Lamb, Tx. [oral] “He lived with Uncle Jess (Bachelor Uncles) on the farm [1930 Census] Jessie G. Price (44) and Allie (Ollie) L. Price (40) on a rented farm in Chandler, Comanche, OK. [1940 Census] Ruth “Peters” 44, Vida Mae Peters (18), R Della Peters (16), James H. Peters (15) in Plainview, Hale, Tx (inferred residence in 1936 Floydada, Floyd, Tx but who?). [oral] went to CA at 16 to work in his buddies car upholstery shop. [personal military papers] Inducted into the US Army 20 Apr 1943 32nd Red Arrow Brigade, F Co., 127th Infantry in Pacific Theater (Papuan (Buna), Aitape, Leyte, and Luzon Campaigns). 2 Purple Hearts, Bronze Star with Oak Leaf Cluster, etc. etc. Sgt. (Squad Leader) Voluntary reduction to Private, ETS 4 DEC 1945. Reenlist 22 Jul 1946, service to include Explosives Ordinance, the Korean War and Vietnam War. [??] 1952? Married (Albany?) stationed at Ft. Niagara (??). 1961 moved family to 71 Elder St., Schenectady, NY. He retired in