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Personal info

Full name
CAIN, Jack D
Date of birth
1912
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Kansas
Hometown
Douglas County, Colorado

Military service

Service number
38006173
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
180th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
26 April 1945
Place of death
Near Aschaffenburg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
B 15 60

Immediate family

Members
Ruth Cain (sister)

More information

Pfc Jack D. Cain enlisted on 28 January 1941.

He attended high school for 4 years and worked on a farm before he enlisted.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record, http://www.45thdivision.org
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