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Personal info

Full name
JESSUP, Howard Lester
Date of birth
16 May 1908
Age
36
Place of birth
Mount Airy, Surry County, North Carolina
Hometown
Mount Airy, Surry County, North Carolina

Military service

Service number
34891508
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
L Company,
3rd Battalion,
141st Infantry Regiment,
36th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
13 December 1944
Place of death
France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
A 13 36

Immediate family

Members
Eli V. Jessup (father)
Nancy V. (Lynch) Jessup (mother)
Randle L. Jessup (brother)
Aldie G. Jessup (brother)
Ora W. Jessup (brother)
Earl R. Jessup (brother)
Essie M. Jessup (sister)
William L. Jessup (brother)
George R. Jessup (brother)
Nina B. Jessup (sister)
Clare B. Jessup (sister)
Hester L. (Stephens) Jessup (wife)

More information

S/Sgt Howard L. Jessup was married to Hester Lillia Stephens on 8 June 1929. His wife died on 1 November 1941

He enlisted at Camp Croft, South Carolina on 4 September 1943.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1910/1920/1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Records / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 36thID-roster-part-1.pdf

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Anette Redford, www.ancestry.com, - World War II Young American Patriots, 1941-1945