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Personal info

Full name
NAVARRE, Jerry William
Date of birth
6 July 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Jerusalem, Monroe County, Ohio
Hometown
Lucas County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35227372
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
I Company,
3rd Battalion,
331st Infantry Regiment,
83rd Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Missing in Action
Date of death
31 March 1945
Place of death
Halle, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
William D. Navarre (father)
Mabel M. Navarre (mother)
Raymond C. Navarre (brother)
Anna A. Navarre (sister)
Frank J. Navarre (brother)
Theodore T. Navarre (brother)
Doris M. Navarre (sister)
Walter W. Navarre (brother)
Homer O. Navarre (brother)
William Navarre (brother)

More information

Pvt Jerry W. Navarre was an attendant at a filling station.

He enlisted in Toledo, Ohio on 26 August 1943.

He was taken prisoner on 13 September 1944 in the vicinity of Plessé, France.

He was killed during an allied air raid on the city of Halle, Germany. The raid was very big and most of the city was demolished, resulting in more than 20,000 casualties. For weeks the dead were taken out of the buildings and buried in wooden boxes without any regard to nationality.

Investigation after the war couldn't locate his grave.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Carla Mans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com

Photo source: FOHF, www.ancestry.com - Central Catholic High School 1944