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Personal info

Full name
CHADWICK, Jerry Miles
Date of birth
8 September 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Buena Vista, Marion County, Georgia
Hometown
Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida

Military service

Service number
34409624
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
55th Armored Engineer Battalion,
10th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
19 December 1944
Place of death
Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
F 12 74

Immediate family

Members
Victoria Chadwick (mother)
Joel Chadwick (brother)
William J. Chadwick (brother)

More information

T/5 Jerry M. Chadwick worked for the Park Hill Dredging Company before he enlisted on 7 November 1942 at Camp Blanding, Florida.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Carla Mans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Enlistment Record, 1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet