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Personal info

Full name
JETT, John William "Billy"
Date of birth
29 June 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Duval County, Florida
Hometown
Pitts, Wilcox County, Georgia

Military service

Service number
34826536
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
101st Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
15 March 1945
Place of death
Neustadt, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 16 81

Immediate family

Members
Charles J. Jett (father)
Mary M. (McKinley) Jett (mother)
Ida T. Jett (sister)
Jewell B. Jett (brother)
Jearel B. Jett (brother)
Julius E. Jett (brother)
Geneva C. Jett (sister)
Ralph E. Jett (brother)

More information

Pvt John W. Jett attended high school for four years and worked on a farm before he enlisted at Fort McPherson, Georgia on 31 July 1943.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments to the head and chest.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.fold3.com - 26th Infantry Division
Photo source: Peter Schouteten