Missing information?

Do you have any additional information you would like to share about a soldier?

Submit

Personal info

Full name
WILLIAMSON, Jack K
Date of birth
15 November 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Charleston, Kanawha County, West Virginia
Hometown
Allen County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
15354892
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
4 January 1945
Place of death
Near Longchamps, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
I 5 3

Immediate family

Members
Everett N. Williamson (father)
Lovedy M. (Williams) Williamson (mother)
James Williamson (half-brother)
Paul Williamson (half-brother)
Patricia Williamson (sister)
Donald N. Williamson (brother)
Hester A. (Dillon) Williamson (wife)

More information

Pfc Jack K. Williamson attended Charleston High School and was a flame cutter.

He volunteered for the Army of the United States Camp Perry, Ohio on 5 December 1942.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of 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, http://www.ww2-airborne.us
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Dominique Portier, Charleston High School - 1939