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Personal info

Full name
NEWTON, Jack Stalker
Date of birth
16 July 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Swissvale, Allegheny County, Illinois
Hometown
Wheaton, DuPage County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33708930
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
E Company,
2nd Battalion,
22nd Infantry Regiment,
4th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
25 November 1944
Place of death
Düren Grosshau, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
A 15 22

Immediate family

Members
Lawrence Newton (father)
Amelia (Stalker) Newton (mother)
Jean Newton (sister)
James Newton (brother)
Margaret S. Newton (sister)

More information

Pfc Jack S. Newton graduated from Westinghouse High School, he worked for the Union Switch and Signal Co. before he enlisted in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on 13 November 1943.

He was sent overseas in July 1944 and was reported seriously wounded in action 9 August 1944. He had returning to duty nine days before he was killed.

Source of information: Danny van der Groen, Peter Schouteten, Astrid van Erp, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Veteran Compensation Application File, www.newspapers.com - The Pittsburgh Press

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Des Philippet, www.newspapers.com - The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette