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Personal info

Full name
THACKER, Jimpie
Date of birth
29 July 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Pike County, Kentucky
Hometown
Pike County, Kentucky

Military service

Service number
35646046
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
417th Infantry Regiment,
76th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
8 February 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Echternach, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
B 11 34

Immediate family

Members
John F. Thacker (father)
Hattie (Parker) Thacker (mother)
Celia B. Thacker (sister)
Nathaniel Thacker (brother)
Nancy J. Thacker (sister)
Berry Thacker (brother)
Bernie Thacker (brother)
Theodore Thacker (brother)
Polly Thacker (sister)
John F. Thacker Jr. (brother)

More information

S/Sgt Jimpie Thacker was a high school teacher before he enlisted in Huntington, West Virginia on 30 December 1942.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census / Kentucky Birth Index 1911-1999
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery, Pikeville College - 1942