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Personal info

Full name
FALK, Jack Wheeler
Date of birth
5 July 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky
Hometown
Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky

Military service

Service number
35706343
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
I Company,
3rd Battalion,
320th Infantry Regiment,
35th Infantry Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 September 1944
Place of death
Near Haraucourt, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 10 86

Immediate family

Members
Andrew Falk (father)
Chrystabelle M. E. (Roth) Falk (mother)
Robert A. Falk (brother)

More information

Pfc Jack W. Falk attended high school for four years and was employed at the Louisville Gas and Electric Company.

He enlisted in Louisville, Kentucky on 19 July 1943 and was sent overseas in January 1944.

He was killed by small arms fire.

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

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 / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, After Action Report 35th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - Eric Ackerman, www.newspapers.com - The Courier Journal Kentucky 5 October 1944
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