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Personal info

Full name
JACKSON, Alva Cleo
Date of birth
20 August 1913
Age
31
Place of birth
Cameron, DeKalb County, Missouri
Hometown
Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36962486
Rank
Private
Function
Rifleman
Unit
E Company,
2nd Battalion,
318th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
8 December 1944
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
J 42 27

Immediate family

Members
Floyd J. Jackson (father)
Fanny Jackson (mother)
Cecil Jackson (brother)
Oscar Jackson (brother)
Raymond Jackson (brother)
Floyd Jackson (brother)
Agnes E. (Bundenthal) Jackson (wife)

More information

Pvt Alva C. Jackson was a sorter in a laundry before he enlisted on 16 October 1940.

He was reported seriously wounded in action on 4 December when E Company attacked Théding, during which he was wounded by artillery shell fragments in the skull.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.80thdivision.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Emmanuel Vincent