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Personal info

Full name
KIRKWOOD, Jack
Date of birth
1924
Age
unknown
Place of birth
New Jersey
Hometown
Riverdale, Morris County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
32778361
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
10th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
3 September 1944
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 18 70

Immediate family

Members
Lucy Kirkwood (mother)

More information

Pfc Jack Kirkwood was in 1942 a graduate at Pompton Lakes High School.

At the time of his death, the 10th Infantry Regiment was engaged in the vicinity of Verdun, France.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census, "A footsoldier for Patton" - Michael C. Bilder/James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry Division in the ETO

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy