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Personal info

Full name
LEWIS, Jack Harding
Date of birth
12 June 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Skaneateles, Onondaga County, New York
Hometown
Skaneateles, Onondaga County, New York

Military service

Service number
32253215
Rank
Sergeant
Function
Tank Commander
Unit
C Company,
40th Tank Battalion,
7th Armored Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
9 September 1944
Place of death
Near Manville, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Albert Lewis (father)
Abigail M. (Smith) Lewis (mother)
Edwin S. Lewis (brother)
Annie L. Lewis (sister)

More information

Sgt Jack H. Lewis graduated from Skaneateles High School in 1938. He was employed at Sears, Roebuck & Company as manager of the sporting goods department.

He enlisted at Fort Niagara, New York on 12 March 1942 and was sent overseas on 6 June 1944.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Records / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, https://www.7tharmddiv.org

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, The Skaneateles Free Press - April 1945