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Personal info

Full name
JASPER, Morton D
Date of birth
19 December 1917
Age
26
Place of birth
Culpeper County, Virginia
Hometown
Lakota, Culpeper County, Virginia

Military service

Service number
33122498
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
11th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
17 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Dornot-Arnaville, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 18 82

Immediate family

Members
Richard A. Jasper (father)
Clara E. Jasper (mother)
Howard J. Jasper (brother)
Luther Jasper (brother)
Rebecca Jasper (sister)
Roy A. Jasper (brother)
Ethel E. Jasper (sister)
Charles A. Jasper (brother)

More information

Sgt Morton D. Jasper was first buried in the St. James Cemetery, St. James France.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / Virginia Birth Records, "A footsoldier for Patton" - Michael C. Bilder/James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry Division in the ETO

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