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Personal info

Full name
MINNIS, Jessie C Sr
Date of birth
1917
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Meigs County, Tennessee
Hometown
Cleveland, Bradley County, Tennessee

Military service

Service number
34920167
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
157th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Missing in Action
Date of death
17 January 1945
Place of death
Mouterhouse, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Robert L. Minnis (father)
Jane A. (Lawson) Minnis (mother)
Bertie Minnis (sister)
Ina Minnis (sister)
John R. Minnis (brother)
Lawrence Minnis (brother)
Elsie Minnis (sister)
Raymond L. Minnis (brother)
Jessie C. Minnis Jr. (son)

More information

Pfc Jessie C. Minnis Sr. enlisted in Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia on 2 December 1943.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – Thomas J. Akehurst and Family, http://www.45thdivision.org
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Have Paws will travel