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Personal info

Full name
DORMAN, Jessie Lee
Date of birth
1 August 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Clark County, Alabama
Hometown
Jackson County, Alabama

Military service

Service number
34264038
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
D Company,
774th Tank Battalion,
1st Platoon
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
15 January 1945
Place of death
Bois de Ronce, southeast of Langlire, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
E 3 25

Immediate family

Members
Albert T. Dorman (father)
Alice C. (Sheffield) Dorman (mother)
Mary L. Dorman (sister)
Cecil Dorman (brother)
Carlos Dorman (brother)
Cleo Dorman (brother)
Lillian (Dolbear) Dorman (wife)

More information

Pfc Jessie L. Dorman enlisted at Fort McPherson, Atlanta, Georgia, on 11 March 1942.

D Company lost one tank by enemy action that day. Most likely Pfc Dorman was a member of that tank crew.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, Carla Mans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - WWII Enlistment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1920/1940 Census, http://83rdinfdivdocs.org/documents/774thTB/AAR/AAR_774TB_JAN1945.pdf

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet / Mary