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2/Lt Jasper M. Inman worked on a farm before he joined the Regular Army in Ames, Iowa on 18 June 1942.

He had been overseas only about a week. His very first combat mission was his last.

Except from a letter from Chester Althouse, Company C, 274th Regiment: During February we were attacking small Saarland villages and taking them one at a time. On 17 February the 1st platoon was on guard duty on the outskirts of the villiage of Behren. In the morning, we rolled up our sleeping bags and walked into town. The company CP was in a two-story house which had an attached barn. Since we had been two hours on-two hours off all night, most of the platoon was catching some catnaps while others were picking up K-rations for the day's meals. I was half sitting, half lying in the bed roll pile. Lt. Inman was right beside me. All of a sudden, an 88 shell hit in the middle of the road in front of the barn. Eight men were killed, eight wounded. Lt. Inman was killed; the man on my left was wounded in the legs.