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Personal info

Full name
JACKSON, Robert Lee
Date of birth
18 May 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa
Hometown
Franklin, Decatur County, Iowa

Military service

Service number
37683261
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
30th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
9 October 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of le Tholy, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 41 29

Immediate family

Members
Joshua E. Jackson (father)
Nelly M. (Kennedy) Jackson (mother)
Ivyl C. Jackson (brother)
Richard S. Jackson (brother)
Junior E. Jackson (brother)
Helen E. Jackson (sister)
Fred D. Jackson (brother)
George C. Jackson (brother)
John Jackson (brother)
Donald Jackson (brother)
Harriett M. Jackson (sister)

More information

Pvt Robert L. Jackson attended high school for two years and was a farmhand, employed by D. E. Owens.

He enlisted at Camp Dodge, Iowa on 17 December 1943.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in the breast.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Cards, History 3rd Infantry Division WWII
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy / Shirley Jackson