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Personal info

Full name
LACY, Jerome Morrison
Date of birth
19 March 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Lynchburg City, Virginia
Hometown
Campbell County, Virginia

Military service

Service number
33538399
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Rifleman
Unit
G Company,
2nd Battalion,
409th Infantry Regiment,
103rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
8 February 1945
Place of death
In the Kindwiller area, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 39 31

Immediate family

Members
Edward F. Lacy (father)
Katherine C. (Morrison) Lacy (mother)
Edward F. Lacy (brother)
Anna E. Lacy (sister)
Dennis P. Lacy (brother)
Catherine C. Lacy (sister)
John J. Lacy (brother)
Vincent F. Lacy (brother)
Owen W. Lacy (brother)

More information

Pfc Jerome M. Lacy enlisted in Charlottesville, Virginia on 8 January 1943.

Picture of Marker is taken on Holy Cross Cemetery, Lynchburg City, Virginia.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men 1940-1947, http://103divwwii.usm.edu/409th-regiment.html - Unit Journal for February 1944, http://103divwwii.usm.edu/assets/mr-409-g-by-name.pdf
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Dwight "Andy" Anderson, EFG