On April 3, 1946, he was memorialized on a bronze plaque at the school he worked at prior to enlistment, Fort Edwards High School, and at Whitehall High School, Eaton’s secondary school alma mater, he was memorialized in the form of an award called the “Sergeant James Eaton Memorial Scholarship Award.” This award created by the Whitehall High School Men’s Club, and it is awarded annually to a student planning a teaching career. In the fall of 1961, at Eaton’s thirtieth high school class reunion, his class’s football team honored his name with a plaque, stating that he was a "fine athlete, excellent student and exemplary school citizen."
Eaton was initially memorialized in the Tablets of the Missing at the Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial in St. Avold, France, when he was still believed to be missing. However, a rosette was placed next to his name after he was discovered and interred to a known gravesite.
After the discovery of Eaton’s body, he was taken to the Frankfurt Mausoleum in Germany from the Evangelical Cemetery at Boulay, France. Afterwards, his body was moved to his final resting place at the Ardennes American Cemetery. He is buried in Plot D Row 4, Grave 58.
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