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Personal info

Full name
CURRIE, Jesse Earl
Date of birth
28 April 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Las Vegas, San Miguel County, Mexico
Hometown
Santa Clara County, California

Military service

Service number
39030710
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
F Company,
41st Armored Infantry Regiment,
2nd Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
5 November 1944
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
E 7 60

Immediate family

Members
Bonnie (Moffitt) Currie (daughter)

More information

Pvt Jesse E. Currie enlisted on 29 October 1942 in San Francisco, California.

Note: In the ABMC database, the 41st Armored Infantry Regiment is incorrectly listed as a Battalion

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Carla Mans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, http://wartimememories.co.uk/allied/usarmy/41starmouredinfantryregiment.html - Bonnie Moffitt

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet