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Personal info

Full name
HIGHT, John Earl
Date of birth
4 December 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Joplin, Jasper County, Missouri
Hometown
Joplin, Jasper County, Missouri

Military service

Service number
37004342
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
M Company,
3rd Battalion,
324th Infantry Regiment,
44th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
4 May 1945
Place of death
Nassereith, Austria

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
B 32 38

Immediate family

Members
Charles S. Hight (father)
Mary E. (Jones) Hight (mother)
Dorothy L. Hight (sister)
Charles W. Hight (brother)
Ida M. Hight (sister)
Lloyd C. Hight (brother)
Susannah R. Hight (sister)
Paul S. Hight (brother)
Carl L. Hight (brother)
Stella Hight (wife)

More information

Pfc John E. Hight was a trucker at the Missouri District Civilian Conservation Corps before he enlisted on 14 March 1941. He trained at Fort Riley, Kansas, and was sent overseas to Alaska in February 1942. He served there as a military policeman until he returned to the States in May 1944. He was sent overseas to the European theater in March 1945.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.findagrave.com, www.newspapers.com - Joplin Globe 19 May 1945
Photo source: www.newspapers.com - Joplin Globe 19 May 1945