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Personal info

Full name
MESSAMORE, Jess Allen
Date of birth
28 November 1914
Age
30
Place of birth
Wickliffe, Ballard County, Kentucky
Hometown
Providence, Webster County, Kentucky

Military service

Service number
35103934
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
771st Tank Battalion
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
28 February 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
H 21 5

Immediate family

Members
George B. Messamore (father)
Alma E. (Gibson) Messamore (mother)
Jewell F. Messamore (brother)
Vent Messamore (sister)
Angie Messamore (wife)

More information

Sgt Jess A. Messamore moved with his parents to Providence when he was very young. He attended Providence High School.

In service four years, Sgt Messamore received training at Camp Pine, New York and Fort Knox, Kentucky.

Source of information: Astrid van Erp, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com

Photo source: www.ancestry.com, Jim Jacobus