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Personal info

Full name
CORT, Jack
Date of birth
26 December 1923
Age
20
Place of birth
Boston, Essex County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Suffolk County, Massachusetts
Religion
Jewish

Military service

Service number
31364848
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
333rd Infantry Regiment,
84th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
1 December 1944
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
P 16 12

Immediate family

Members
Abraham L. Cort (father)
Bessie (Risman) Cort (mother)
Robert Cort (brother)
David M. Cort (brother)

More information

Pfc Jack Cort graduated from the Roxbury Memorial High School for Boys in 1941. He enlisted on 30 June 1943 in Boston, Massachusetts.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov , www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census, WWII Draft Cards

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, City of Boston Archives, Roxbury Memorial High School for Boys, 1941