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Personal info

Full name
LANE, Jerome R
Date of birth
23 March 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York City, New York
Hometown
Manhattan, New York County, New York City, New York
Religion
Jewish

Military service

Service number
O1299910
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
Platoon Commander
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
405th Infantry Regiment,
102nd Infantry Division,
3rd Platoon
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
3 December 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Linnich, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
H 3 2

Immediate family

Members
Jerome R. Lane (father)
Pearl C. (Steiner) Lane (mother)

More information

2nd Lt Jerome R. Lane attended collegeand was a financial institution clerk.

He enlisted at Fort Dix, New Jersey on 5 March 1942.

Lt. Jerome R. Lane was born as Jerome R. Lichtenstein. The family changed their familyname to Lane between 1930 and 1940.

Source of information: André Koch, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, 100th Division Yearbook