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Personal info

Full name
ELROD, Jack Dempsy
Date of birth
8 October 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Tennessee
Hometown
Sparta, White County, Tennessee

Military service

Service number
34729111
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
10th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
9 February 1945
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 13 69

Immediate family

Members
Alonzo Elrod (father)
Susie A. (Abston) Elrod (mother)
Varise J. Elrod (brother)
Van H. Elrod (brother)
Monic W. Elrod (sister)
Roy L. Elrod (brother)

More information

Pfc Jack D. Elrod enlisted at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia on 6 April 1943.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record / WWII Draft Cards Young Men, Elrod Family History.com, A footsoldier for Patton / Michael C. Bilder James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry Division in the ETO

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery