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Personal info

Full name
JACKSON, Homan Kermit
Date of birth
7 February 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Middlesborough, Bell County, Kentucky
Hometown
Monroe County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36179413
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
53rd Armored Infantry Battalion,
4th Armored Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
30 December 1944
Place of death
Bastogne, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
A 1 14

Immediate family

Members
Cleda M. Jackson (mother)

More information

S/Sgt Homan K. Jackson worked in a paper factory

He enlisted at Fort Custer, Michigan on 8 April 1942 and arrived in Europe in September 1943.

Source of information: Carla Mans, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, Newspaper article, www.ancestry.com - U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men

Photo source: Erwin Verholen, Newspaper article via Ralph Peeters, www.findagrave.com - Ellen Marchese