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Personal info

Full name
JACKSON, Alvin Edison
Date of birth
5 May 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Chatham, Chatham County, North Carolina
Hometown
Carthage, Moore County, North Carolina

Military service

Service number
34669651
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
K Company,
3rd Battalion,
134th Infantry Regiment,
35th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 December 1944
Place of death
Gersheim, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 16 27

Immediate family

Members
William A. Jackson (father)
Vennie E. (Bullard) Jackson (mother)
Vannie L. Jackson (sister)
Sallie A. Jackson (sister)
Nannie M. Jackson (sister)
Lillie R. Jackson (sister)

More information

Pfc Alvin E. Jackson attended high school for four years and worked on a farm before he enlisted at Fort Bragg, North Carolina on 19 March 1943.

He is also remembered at the Cross Hill Cemetery in Carthage, Moore County, North Carolina.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, After Action Report 35th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - Kelly Whitten Lyerly / MAJ Jimmy Cotton
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Gleebigg