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Personal info

Full name
MAKINEN, Jack Ero
Date of birth
10 April 1909
Age
35
Place of birth
Tampere, Finland
Hometown
East Chicago, Lake County, Indiana

Military service

Service number
35149473
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
314th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
22 September 1944
Place of death
Moncel-lès-Lunéville, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
E 6 27

Immediate family

Members
Ellen Makinen (sister)
Fanny Makinen (sister)
Edna (Maki) Makinen (wife)

More information

Pvt Jack E. Makinen was employed by the Inland Steel Company of East Chicago before he enlisted in Indianapolis, Indiana on 26 July 1943. He was sent overseas in 1 April 1944.

He was killed by artillery fire.

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

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Erwin Derhaag, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. Social Security Applications and Claims Index / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, Combat History 314th Infantry Regiment, www.newspapers.com – The Times Munster 16 October 1944

Photo source: www.newspapers.com - The Times Munster 16 October 1944