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Jim was an Army brat. He was born on 8 September 1900 in San Juan, Puerto Rico, the son of Captain Edward A. Macklin and grandson of General <em>James E. Macklin </em>for whom he was named.</div>
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In his younger days he followed his father to such places as the Philippines, Texas. Arizona and the state of Washington. Upon his father’s death, Jim moved to Kansas City with his mother, graduating from high school in 1918 and almost immediately enlisting in the Tank Corps. On 1 July 1920 he joined the Thundering Herd, the Class of 1924.</div>
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As a cadet. Jim was mature, quiet, sincere, and able. Above all, he liked people. Blessed with a pleasing personality, a keen sense of humor and a happy spirit, he made a place for himself in the hearts of his fellow cadets. He didn't want academic stars or chevrons. He considered friendships far more valuable than honors. He wanted to be a good soldier. This he was.</div>
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On graduation, Jim chose the Tanks. Toward the end of graduation leave, he married Margaret (Peg) Eulass and brought her to his first station, Camp Meade, Maryland. Here Jim Jr., joined the family. In 1927 the Maeklins moved to Fort Benning, Georgia, and Jim, after graduating from the Infantry School, served in the 1st Tank Regiment. A second son, Bob, was born at this station. Three years later, Jim transferred to the Quartermaster Corps and went to Hawaii as Commander, Quartermaster Detachment. Upon his return to the States in 1934, he commanded the Randolph Field, Texas, Quartermaster Detachment, and in 1935 attended the Quartermaster Subsistence School in Chicago, Illinois. From 1936 to 1939, he was assistant commandant of the School for Bakers and Cooks at Fort Devens, Massachusetts. From that post, he was ordered to the Philippines where he commanded the Cooks and Bakers School and the Quartermaster Detachment at Fort McKinley. With combat imminent, Jim requested transfer back to Armor but no action could be taken prior to hostilities.</div>
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Early in 1941, as the war clouds grew blacker over the Philippines, Jim said good-bye to his wife and two young sons. At the time war began, Jim was assigned to the Port Area in Manila, eventually moving to Bataan where he operated a Supply Point until the fall of Bataan. He was declared "Missing in Action” in 1942, and “Missing in Action-Presumed Dead" in 1944. Later, it was determined that he had survived the Death March but died on 22 June 1942 in the Camp Cabanatuan Prisoner of War Camp. One of his last acts was to pass his class ring to a classmate who was being shipped to another prisoner of war camp in Manchuria. Unfortunately this ship was sunk by our own aircraft and the classmate was lost.</div>
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Jim’s widow, Peg, died on 17 April 1961 at Mt. Shasta, California. He is survived by his two sons, Lt. Col. James E. Macklin Jr., JAGC (Class of ’48) and Major Robert E. Macklin, Infantry (Class of ’51), and by six grandchildren. The latter are son James’s two daughters, Mary Margaret and Melissa Marion, and son, another James E. Macklin; and son Robert’s two daughters, Mildred Hildegard and Linda Margaret, and son Robert E. Jr.</div>
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Our Jim would be proud of all of them.</div>
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<em>-R.E.N.</em></div>
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