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Personal info

Full name
JACKSON, William Kitson
Date of birth
28 December 1906
Age
38
Place of birth
Lansdowne, Delaware County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Clearfield County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33934313
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
I Company,
3rd Battalion,
413th Infantry Regiment,
104th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
23 February 1945
Place of death
Düren, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
C 9 28

Immediate family

Members
William C. Jackson (father)
Grace (Jackson) Jackson (mother)
Mary A. (Thompson) Jackson (wife)
William Jackson (son)

More information

Pfc William K. Jackson graduated from Penn State College in 1928. He enlisted in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania on 15 April 1944.

Pfc Jackson was killed in the first wave that crossed the Roer River at Düren, Germany, on the first day of Operation Grenade along with four other men of I Company.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, AWON, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, WWII Draft Cards; 1920 US Census

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet / Timberwolf104