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Personal info

Full name
JACOBS, Frederick Estel
Date of birth
18 January 1918
Age
28
Place of birth
North College Hill, Hamilton County, Ohio
Hometown
North College Hill, Hamilton County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35978483
Rank
Corporal
Function
unknown
Unit
740th Tank Battalion
Awards
unknown

Death

Status
Died non-Battle
Date of death
29 May 1946
Place of death
Limburg an der Lahn, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
K 29 17

Immediate family

Members
Rufus H. Jacobs (father)
Anna M. (Wolf) Jacobs (mother)
Mabel A. Jacobs (sister)
Mary J. Jacobs (sister)
Grace V. Jacobs (sister)
Jeanette (Schehl) Jacobs (wife)
Mark Jacobs (son)

More information

Cpl Frederick E. Jacobs graduated from North College Hill High School and worked as a foreman in a machine factory.

He enlisted at Fort Hayes, Ohio on 28 March 1945.

He died from a heart attack a month before his discharge.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com -1930/ 1940 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men / US WW2 Hospital Admission Cards

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Damaris Acevedo / Hudson Louie