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Personal info

Full name
CULLENS, Jack
Date of birth
21 August 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Luray, Russell County, Kansas
Hometown
Multnomah County, Oregon

Military service

Service number
39340828
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
G Company,
3rd Battalion,
505th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
9 October 1944
Place of death
Near the town church
Breedeweg, The Netherlands

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
G 4 12

Immediate family

Members
Elliott T. Cullens (father)
Goldie Cullens (mother)
Leesta Cullens (sister)
Alta Belle Cullens (sister)
Delilah Cullens (sister)
Freda Cullens (sister)
Don Cullens (brother)
Phyllis R. (Ferris) Cullens (wife)

More information

Pvt Jack Cullens enlisted in Portland, Oregon on 14 October 1943.

On one of the pictures he poses with his wife.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ww2-airborne.us, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / United States Census 1930 / WWII Draft Cards, 505th Honor Roll, Virginia Cullens Pereria

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet / Rhonda Cullens