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Personal info

Full name
YOCOM, Dewey Mckinley Jr
Date of birth
21 September 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky
Hometown
Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky

Military service

Service number
35688631
Rank
Private
Function
Rifleman
Unit
B Company,
2nd Battalion,
309th Infantry Regiment,
78th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
12 January 1945
Place of death
Vicinity of Kesternich, Nordhrein-Westfalen, Germany
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
M 13 6

Immediate family

Members
Dewey M. Yocom Sr. (father)
Esmeralda B. (Hodges) Yocom (mother)
Elma R. Yocom (sister)
Carol L. Yocom (sister)
Arthur D. Yocom (brother)
Carrie E. Yocom (sister)
James R. Yocom (brother)
Chester P. Yocom (brother)
David A. Yocom (brother)

More information

Pvt Dewey M. Yocom Jr. enlisted at Louisville, Kentucky on 25 November 1942.

Source of information: André Koch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1940 Census / Helm Family Tree / Kentucky Birth Index / 78th Infantry Division "Lightning" Unit History, www.lonesentry.com, www.newspapers.com - The Courier-Journal

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.ancestry.com - Rudy Helm, www.newspapers.com - The Courier-Journal