LT, Company B, 307th Engineer Combat Battalion, 82nd Airborne Division James Lee Durham was born in 1921 in Bowling Green, Warren County, Kentucky. He attended 4 years of high school and worked as an actor. He was enlisted in the Army, National Guard on January 17, 1941 in Bowling Green, Warren county, Kentucky as a private first class ( Army Serial Number 20523874 ) and later was promoted to Second Lieutenant (Army Serial Number 01106109) and was killed by friendly fire on June 6, 1944 in Normandy, France.