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Personal info

Full name
DILSAVER, Jewell I
Date of birth
1 August 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
White Heath, Piatt County, Illinois
Hometown
Mattoon, Coles County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36448947
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
334th Infantry Regiment,
84th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
22 November 1944
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
I 3 12

Immediate family

Members
Jewell Dilsaver (father)
Bernice Dilsaver (mother)
Carl Dilsaver (brother)

More information

Pfc Jewell I. Dilsaver graduated from Mattoon High School and attended the Hill at Pottstown, Penssylvania and Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire where he served as captain in the R.O.T.C.

He enlisted in Peoria, Illinois on 16 February 1943 and was selected for the Army Specialized Training Program at Johns Hopkins University. When the program was disbanded, he was transferred to the infantry.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / 1940 Census, www.newspapers.com - Journal Gazette Illinois

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.ancestry.com - Matoon High School Yearbook 1940 / Hill School Pottstown School Yearbook 1942