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Personal info

Full name
WATERFIELD, Jack Wilson
Date of birth
29 June 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Sandusky, Erie County, Ohio
Hometown
Sandusky, Erie County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35540692
Rank
Corporal
Function
unknown
Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
345th Infantry Regiment,
87th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
12 January 1945
Place of death
Fosset, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
C 6 8

Immediate family

Members
Reuben Waterfield (father)
Henrietta Waterfield (mother)
Jean Waterfield (sister)
Glenn Waterfield (brother)
Lowell Waterfield (brother)

More information

Cpl Jack W. Waterfield attended high school for four years before he enlisted in Toledo, Ohio on 7 January 1943.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Grand Failly, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Gerald McSwords Family Tree / 1930 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.87thinfantrydivision.com
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.ancestry.com - U.S. School Yearbooks