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Personal info

Full name
JACKSON, Hugh Madison
Date of birth
24 May 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Sparta, Hancock County, Georgia
Hometown
Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, Maryland

Military service

Service number
33201467
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
331st Infantry Regiment,
83rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
18 April 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Eichholz, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
I 20 22

Immediate family

Members
Alvin Jackson (father)
Dahlia (Ivey) Jackson (mother)
Pauline E. Pantall (stepmother)
Dorothy L. Jackson (stepsister)
Mildred L. (Morrison) Jackson (wife)
Eloise J. Jackson (daughter)

More information

Sgt Hugh M. Jackson worked at the family dry cleaning business.

He enlisted in Baltimore, Maryland on 1 June 1942 and was sent overseas in January 1945.

His daughter Eloise was 14 months old at the time of his death.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Denise Robinson, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1940 Census / Family Trees, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.findagrave.com, Evening Star Washington, DC, Evening Capital Annapolis, MD, https://83rdinfdivdocs.org/

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Dana Walker, Anne Arundel County Genealogical and Historical society via Yannick Jussen, Denise Robinson