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Personal info

Full name
PETTUS, Jewell Lenward
Date of birth
12 October 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Calhoun County, Alabama
Hometown
Anniston, Calhoun County, Alabama

Military service

Service number
34394736
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
G Company,
2nd Battalion,
415th Infantry Regiment,
104th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
28 March 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Dillenburg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
B 6 30

Immediate family

Members
Zachariah M. Pettus (father)
Ella J. (Clark) Pettus (mother)
Marcus Pettus (brother)
Clarence Pettus (brother)
Clara E. Pettus (sister)
May Pettus (sister)
Lola Pettus (sister)
Bernice Pettus (sister)
Naomi (Morrison) Pettus (wife)
Carolyn Pettus (daughter)

More information

Pfc Jewell L. Pettus attended the high school at Alexandria and White Plains.

He enlisted at Fort McClellan, Alabama on 12 October 1942 and received his basic training at Camp Polk in Louisiana. He was overseas for 11 months when he was killed.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Family Trees / Marriage Record, https://newspaperarchive.com, www.fold3.com - WWII Draft ard

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, https://newspaperarchive.com - The Anniston Star