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Personal info

Full name
JESKE, Arnold Otto
Date of birth
21 February 1911
Age
34
Place of birth
Olney, Young County, Texas
Hometown
Olney, Young County, Texas

Military service

Service number
38099093
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
707th Tank Battalion
Awards
unknown

Death

Status
Died non-Battle
Date of death
23 March 1945
Place of death
Mühlberg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
C 10 25

Immediate family

Members
Bernhardt R. Jeske (father)
Emilie M. (Kunkel) Jeske (mother)
Margaret Jeske (sister)
Eldor R. Jeske (brother)
Agnes E. Jeske (sister)
Ewald T. Jeske (brother)
Bertha A. Jeske (sister)
Hertha O. Jeske (sister)
Laura A. Jeske (sister)
Oswald Jeske (brother)
Erna H. Jeske (sister)

More information

T/5 Arnold O. Jeske enlisted at Camp Wolters, Texas on 13 March 1942.

T/5 Jeske was taken prisoner in the vicitiny of Marnach, Lexembourg on 17 December 1944 and died in the Prisoner of War Camp Stalag 4B in Mühlberg, Germany.


Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, Astrid van Erp, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.5ad.org, www.findagrave.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census / Birth Certificate / Family Trees

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Kurt McCord