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Personal info

Full name
SHOFNER, Jesse William Jr
Date of birth
15 June 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky
Hometown
Jefferson County, Kentucky

Military service

Service number
35699500
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
110th Infantry Regiment,
28th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
14 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Raffelsbrand, Hürtgen Forest, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
F 11 58

Immediate family

Members
Jesse W. Shofner Sr. (father)
Parthena E. (Hutcherson) Shofner (mother)
Mary Agnes Shofner (sister)
Manley R. Shofner (brother)
Aline V. Shofner (sister)
Everett E. Shofner (brother)
Ernest A. Shofner (brother)
Carol F. Shofner (brother)

More information

Pvt Jesse W. Shofner Jr. enlisted at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana on 24 March 1943.

Source of information: André Koch, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, https://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USA/USA-SS-Three/USA-SS-Three-III-8.html

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet