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Personal info

Full name
ELLIS, John Ray "Jack"
Date of birth
10 July 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky
Hometown
Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky

Military service

Service number
35699536
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
315th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
15 January 1945
Place of death
Hatten, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
F 16 20

Immediate family

Members
Thomas G. Ellis Sr. (father)
Jessie D. (Herrington) Ellis (mother)
Carolyn D. Ellis (sister)
Thomas G. Ellis Jr. (brother)

More information

S/Sgt John R. Ellis attended high school for four years and was employed at the Jones and Dabney Paint Company before he enlisted at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana on 24 March 1943.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, Combat History 79th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - SueMac
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