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Personal info

Full name
JACOBSON, Theodore
Date of birth
3 August 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Brockton, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
Ethnicity
White
Religion
Jewish

Military service

Service number
31357101
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
345th Infantry Regiment,
87th Infantry Division,
Medical Detachment
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
28 February 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Neuendorf, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
H 13 55

Immediate family

Members
Rose Jacobson (mother)

More information

Pfc Theodore Jacobson was a sales clerk before he enlisted in Boston, Massachusetts on 19 May 1943.

Source of information: Leo Minne, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.com – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, http://www.87thinfantrydivision.com/Home.shtml

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet