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Personal info

Full name
JOBE, Hurshel
Date of birth
25 September 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
Hemphill, McDowell County, West Virginia
Hometown
Welch, McDowell County, West Virginia

Military service

Service number
35082765
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
I Company,
304th Infantry Regiment,
76th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
13 March 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Pfalzfeld, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 15 80

Immediate family

Members
Thomas Jobe (father)
Della M. (Whaley) Jobe (mother)
Marcella Jobe (sister)
Juanita Jobe (sister)
Ruth E. (Noe) Jobe (wife)
Nancy A. Jobe (daughter)
Chloa S. Jobe (daughter)

More information

Pfc Hurshel Jobe was an chauffeur before he enlisted at Fort Thomas, Kentucky on 21 April 1944.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1930 Census, Headstone and Interment Record, U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947, http://76thdivision.com/304/history_304th_004.html
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.ancestry.com - World War II Young American Patriots, 1941-1945