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Personal info

Full name
JACOBSON, Edward Gustav
Date of birth
1916
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Kansas
Hometown
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36017259
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
2nd Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
16 March 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 6 14

Immediate family

Members
David Jacobson (father)
Hannah Jacobson (mother)
Floyd Jacobson (brother)
Roy Jacobson (brother)

More information

Sgt Edward G. Jacobson enlisted in Chicago, Illinois on 7 April 1941.

At the time of his death the 2nd Infantry Regiment was engaged in the fighting in the vicinity of Treis Karden-Hatzenport, Germany

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – 1920/1930/1940 Census / / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record, 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