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Personal info

Full name
BREWER, Jack Ward
Date of birth
4 August 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Winfield, Cowley County, Kansas
Hometown
Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas

Military service

Service number
37518329
Rank
Corporal
Function
Squad Leader
Unit
F Company,
2nd Battalion,
318th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
8 October 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Manoncourt-sur-Seille, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 22 77

Immediate family

Members
Oscar R. Brewer (father)
Mildred E. Brewer (mother)
Lany Brewer (brother)
Jerrold R. Brewer (brother)

More information

Cpl Jack W. Brewer was an employer of the Rorabaugh-Back Broadway and Douglas Co. before he enlisted on 11 December 1942.

He is also remembered at the Douglass Cemetery in Douglass, Buttler County, Kansas.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record, www.80thdivision.com

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - scrap