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Personal info

Full name
RAMSEY, Jackson Tillman
Date of birth
13 August 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Madison, Morgan County, Georgia
Hometown
Greenville, Greenville County, South Carolina

Military service

Service number
14126358
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
I Company,
3rd Battalion,
508th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
23 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
F 4 11

Immediate family

Members
Oscar H. Ramsey (father)
Ada (Holloway) Ramsey (mother)
Gladys (Harrison) Ramsey (wife)

More information

Sgt Jackson T. Ramsey graduated from Greenville High School in 1936 and was employed by the Southern Worsted Corp.

He volunteered for the Army of the United States at Fort Jackson, South Carolina on 2 December 1942.

Sgt Ramsey was killed in action soon after returning to duty after recovering from a serious wound suffered in Normandy.

He was initially buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Molenhoek, The Netherlands

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ww2-airborne.us, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Cathy Quinton, www.newspapers.com - The Burlington Daily Times-News / The Greenville News, WWII Draft Cards

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Gerrie Franken - SOHE