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Personal info

Full name
JAY, Raymond Hoyt
Date of birth
25 February 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
Carrollton, Pickens County, Alabama
Hometown
Ouachita Parish, Louisiana

Military service

Service number
38337475
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
M Company,
413th Infantry Regiment,
104th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
4 November 1944
Place of death
Zevenbergen, The Netherlands

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
C 6 15

Immediate family

Members
Louis L. Jay (father)
Maggie Jay (mother)
Howard Jay (brother)
Mattie Jay (sister)
Jimmie Jay (brother)
Nora Jay (sister)
Claudine Jay (sister)
Elton Jay (brother)
Mildred Jay (sister)
Louis Jay (brother)
Mary D. Jay (wife)
Phyllis M. Jay (daughter)

More information

S/Sgt Raymond H. Jay was sent overseas in September 1944.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Astrid van Erp, Arjan van Hassel, Peter Schouteten, Carla Mans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1920/1930 Census, The Ouachita Citizen

Photo source: Peter Schouteten