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Personal info

Full name
JACOBS, Arthur Lloyd
Date of birth
9 December 1914
Age
30
Place of birth
Glocester, Providence County, Rhode Island
Hometown
Orleans County, Vermont

Military service

Service number
31461870
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
G Company,
2nd Battalion,
16th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
1 March 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Müddersheim-Hochkirchen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
C 15 1

Immediate family

Members
Jeremiah Jacobs (father)
Mary J. (Brown) Jacobs (mother)
Burton J. Jacobs (brother)
Mary N. Jacobs (sister)
Hughbert J. Jacobs (brother)
Gertrude A. Jacobs (sister)
Stewart J. Jacobs (brother)
Caroline Jacobs (sister)
Beatrice Jacobs (wife)
Malcolm Jacobs (son)
Edwin Jacobs (son)

More information

S/Sgt Arthur L. Jacobs enlisted at Fort Devens, Massachusetts on 5 April 1944.

He worked on a farm before he enlisted.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census / various family trees

Photo source: Aimee Fogg