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Personal info

Full name
KNIGHT, Jerome Carlolyi
Date of birth
23 January 1912
Age
32
Place of birth
Bradenton, Manatee County, Florida
Hometown
Sarasota, Sarasota County, Florida

Military service

Service number
O-1318809
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
I Company,
3rd Battalion,
506th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
20 December 1944
Place of death
Near Bastogne, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 12 77

Immediate family

Members
Larou C. Knight (father)
Annie P. (Carlton) Knight (mother)
Eugenia E. (Van Orden) Knight (wife)
Sylvia Knight (daughter)
Karon Knight (daughter)

More information

1st Lt Jerome C. Knight attended Sarasota High School and was a patrolman with the Sarasota police department.

He enlisted at Camp Blanding, Florida on 17 September 1942 and was sent overseas in October 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1940 Census, http://www.ww2-airborne.us, WWII Draft Registration Card
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.findagrave.com - Backroad Traveler, usafdo