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Personal info

Full name
WHITE, Jack W
Date of birth
30 May 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Texas
Hometown
Matagorda County, Texas

Military service

Service number
18188587
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
513th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
17th Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
7 January 1945
Place of death
Near Flamierge, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
D 2 6

Immediate family

Members
Hiram I. White (father)
Georgia A. (McDaniel) White (mother)
Nola White (sister)
Glenn I. White (brother)
Nora M. White (sister)

More information

Pvt Jack W. White volunteered for the U.S. Army in Houston, Texas on 19 October 1942. He had been overseas since August, 1944.

He attended high school for 3 years.

He was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Grand Failly, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Astrid van Erp, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Hart Family Tree, http://www.ww2-airborne.us, www.newspapers.com - The Times Shreveport
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Luxembourg American Cemetery, www.ancestry.com - Amy Kundey, www.newspapers.com - The Times Shreveport