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WALLACE, Jack Bayard - Date of
birth
9 December 1913 -
Age
31 -
Place of birth
Evansville, Vanderburgh County, Indiana -
Hometown
Sandusky, Erie County, Ohio
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
O1312736 -
Rank
Captain -
Function
unknown -
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
274th Infantry Regiment,
70th Infantry Division
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Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Died of Wounds - Date of
death
19 January 1945 - Place of
death
Near Niederbronn-les-Bains, France
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| B | 28 | 20 |
Immediate family
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Members
Alexander S. Wallace (father)
Ola R. (Baldwin) Wallace (mother)
Lydia (Woodward) Wallace (stepmother)
Alexander S. Wallace (brother)
George J. Wallace (half-brother)
Mary J. (Andres) Wallace (wife)
Lynne M. Wallace (daughter)
More information
Capt Jack B. Wallace graduated from Sandusky High School in January 1932 and attended Ohio Wesleyan College for two years. He was employed in the Advertising Department at WHKC radio station in Columbus, Ohio.He enlisted 10 August 1942. He was sent to Officer's Training School at Fort Benning, Georgia and was commissioned a lieutenant in March 1943. He received a promotion to captain in the summer 1944.
He died of wounds, sustained on 13 January 1945 in a hospital in France.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record, http:///www.trailblazersww2.org, www.newspapers.com - The Sandusky Register Ohio 6 February 1945, WWII Draft Card
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy, Sandusky High School 1932