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Personal info

Full name
JACKSON, Charlie L
Date of birth
1907
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Kentucky
Hometown
Dixon, Webster County, Kentucky

Military service

Service number
15060668
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
11th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
3 October 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Fort Driant, Metz, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
I 2 16

Immediate family

Members
Alex Jackson (father)
Sarah F. (Coleman) Jackson (mother)
Eva Jackson (sister)
John Jackson (brother)
Galden Jackson (brother)
Cosby Jackson (brother)
Thomas A. Jackson (brother)
Stonewall Jackson (brother)
Alexander G. Jackson (brother)

More information

Sgt Charlie L. Jackson joined the Regular Army at Ft. Benjamin Harrison, Indiana on 19 November 1940.

He was an off-bearer before he enlisted.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – 1920/1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record 1942-1949, A footsoldier for Patton / Michael C. Bilder James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry Division in the ETO

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Dominique Potier