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Personal info

Full name
LANCASTER, Jack Pershing
Date of birth
29 May 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Washita, Caddo County, Oklahoma
Hometown
Cleveland County, Oklahoma

Military service

Service number
38694581
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
110th Infantry Regiment,
28th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
20 December 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Wiltz, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
C 5 12

Immediate family

Members
Albert T. Lancaster (father)
Sadie M. (Waggoner) Lancaster (mother)
Alma J. Lancaster (sister)
Thelma M. Lancaster (sister)
Herman G. Lancaster (brother)
Edith Lancaster (wife)
Jack Lancaster (son)

More information

Pvt Jack P. Lancaster worked on a farm before he enlisted at Fort Sill, Oklahoma on 6 April 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record, www.findagrave.com

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Luxembourg American Cemetery, The Norman Transcript - 15 March 1945