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Personal info

Full name
JACOBSON, Gerald M
Date of birth
10 September 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Greenville, Bureau County, Illinois
Hometown
Greenville, Bureau County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36040488
Rank
Technical Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
359th Infantry Regiment,
90th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
9 January 1945
Place of death
Near Winseler, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 5 50

Immediate family

Members
George A. Jacobson (father)
Jessie M. (Young) Jacobson (mother)
Marzata M. Jacobson (sister)
Verle L. Jacobson (brother)

More information

T/Sgt Gerald M. Jacobson worked on a farm before he enlisted in Chicago, Illinois on 30 June 1941.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Churchill Sibley Family Tree

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery, www.ancestry.com - J. Jacobson