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Personal info

Full name
JACOBS, Roger Allen
Date of birth
8 July 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31353271
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
HQ & HQ Company,
334th Infantry Regiment,
84th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
18 November 1944
Place of death
The Netherlands

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
G 10 15

Immediate family

Members
Charles E. Jacobs (father)
Hulda J. (Belbin) Jacobs (mother)
Madeline A. Jacobs (sister)
Ralph E. Jacobs (brother)

More information

Pfc Roger A. Jacobs graduated from English High school in 1941 and attended Northeastern University. He had worked at the West Lynn Works of the General Eclectic Company.

He enlisted in Boston, Massachusetts on 23 April 1943.

Source of information: Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Family Trees, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.ancestry.com - Family Trees, The Daily Item - 7 December 1944