Missing information?

Do you have any additional information you would like to share about a soldier?

Submit

Personal info

Full name
JORGENSON, Francis Vernon
Date of birth
26 October 1910
Age
34
Place of birth
Clarkfield, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota
Hometown
Nevis, Hubbard County, Minnesota

Military service

Service number
6823798
Rank
Corporal
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
814th Tank Destroyer Battalion
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
29 October 1944
Place of death
Meijel, The Netherlands

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
D 6 11

Immediate family

Members
George M. Jorgenson (father)
Bertha Jorgenson (mother)
Marlow H. Jorgenson (sister)
Una M. Jorgenson (sister)
Anna B. Jorgenson (sister)
George B. Jorgenson (brother)
Hiram W. Jorgenson (brother)
Helen C. Jorgenson (sister)
Harold J. Jorgenson (brother)
Leon Jorgenson (brother)
Severin A. Jorgenson (brother)
Joan Jorgenson (sister)
Agnes S. (Larson) Jorgenson (wife)

More information

Cpl Jorgenson enlisted on 16 December 1942.

He was wounded by shrapnel.

He was initially buried in a temporary grave at Henri-Chapelle on 31 October 1944.

Note: According to his IDPF and other records his service number should be 37544442. However ABMC records mention the number 6823798.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.7tharmd.div.org, IDPF, 1920/1930 Census

Photo source: Jac Engels