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Personal info

Full name
VINSON, Jesse Lee
Date of birth
2 May 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Lauderdale County, Alabama
Hometown
Waterloo, Lauderdale County, Alabama

Military service

Service number
34331343
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
314th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
12 January 1945
Place of death
Rohrwiller, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 7 25

Immediate family

Members
Clarence A. Vinson (father)
Callie (James) Vinson (mother)
Willie M. Vinson (brother)
Luther G. Vinson (brother)
Turner L. Vinson (brother)
Effie J. Vinson (wife)
Porter W. Vinson (son)
Beulah M. Vinson (daughter)

More information

Pvt Jesse L. Vinson was employed at the W P A Road Project before he enlisted at Fort McClellan, Alabama on 5 June 1942.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in his chest, buttock and hip.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Mitchell Parks Family Tree / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, Combat History 314th Infantry Regiment, www.findagrave.com – Albert Ledoux

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy