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Personal info

Full name
COLLINS, Jack
Date of birth
16 December 1918
Age
25
Place of birth
Shelby County, Alabama
Hometown
Columbiana, Shelby County, Alabama

Military service

Service number
34021659
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
991st Field Artillery Battalion
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
21 October 1944
Place of death
Aachen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
A 4 4

Immediate family

Members
John H. Collins (father)
Rosa L. (Hale) Collins (mother)
Inez Collins (sister)
Maxine Collins (sister)
Rosa Collins (sister)
James L. Collins (brother)
Elton E. Collins (brother)
Ann M. (Casper) Collins (wife)

More information

T/5 Jack Collins attended Shelby County High School.

He enlisted in June 1942 and was sent overseas in January 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com– James L. Collins, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com – Enlistment

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Des Philippet, Shelby County Reporter 9 November 1944