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Personal info

Full name
LUM, Jerry Milton
Date of birth
13 July 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
San Francisco County, California
Hometown
San Francisco County, California
Ethnicity
Chinese American

Military service

Service number
19087078
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
47th Infantry Regiment,
9th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
7 April 1945
Place of death
Southern sector of the Ruhr pocket, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
M 16 10

Immediate family

Members
Share Quong Jew (father)
Kum Leen Chew (mother)

More information

Pfc Jerry M. Lum worked at Camp Cascades of the CCC in Yosemite National Park.

He was also known as Gok Toy Jew and Kwok Choy Lum.

He volunteered for the Army of the United States in San Francisco, California on 7 August 1942.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.9thinfantrydivision.net

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet