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Personal info

Full name
BALCH, Jack John
Date of birth
8 February 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Potlatch, Latah County, Idaho
Hometown
Shoshone County, Idaho

Military service

Service number
39469493
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
359th Infantry Regiment,
90th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
17 September 1944
Place of death
Metz, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
B 15 46

Immediate family

Members
John L. Balch (father)
Mabel P. (Rohlf) Balch (mother)
Howard N. Balch (brother)
Robert O. Balch (brother)
Donald A. Balch (brother)
William E. Balch (brother)
Albert D. Balch (brother)
Conrad J. Balch (brother)
David R. Balch (brother)
Daniel W. Balch (brother)
Loran L. Balch (brother)
Charles A. Balch (brother)
Virginia F. (Zurbrugg) Balch (wife)

More information

Pvt Jack J. Balch was a lumberman before he enlisted in Spokane, Washington on 30 December 1943.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Limey, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - U.S. Headstone and Interment Record / Shea Family Tree, www.findagrave.com - NWpioneer

Photo source: www.ancestry.com – Susie Shea