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Personal info

Full name
NILES, Jack Kenneth
Date of birth
11 January 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Flint, Genesee County, Michigan
Hometown
Flint, Genesee County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36891043
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
K Company,
3rd Battalion,
104th Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
19 November 1944
Place of death
Dieuze, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
J 37 30

Immediate family

Members
Edwin F. Niles (father)
Hazel E. (Lord) Niles (mother)
Florence M. Niles (sister)
Leland E. Niles (brother)
Earl E. Niles (brother)
Marian R. Niles (sister)
Doris E. Niles (sister)
Ronald L. Niles (brother)
Frank Niles (brother)
Marjorie H. Niles (sister)
Carl W. Niles (brother)
Harold M. Niles (brother)
Robert D. Niles (brother)
Geraldine J. Niles (sister)
Jerald Niles (brother)
Gladys M. (Draheim) Niles (wife)

More information

Pfc Jack K. Niles was employed at the Roertz Glass and Paint Company before he enlisted.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Limey, France.

He is remembered at the Maple Grove Cemetery in Ovid, Clinton County, Michigan.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com – Orville L. Kline, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Moore Family Tree / Michigan Marriage Records, After Action Report 26th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com – Scott Wilkinson

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Scott Wilkinson