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Personal info

Full name
JACKSON, Harold Drew
Date of birth
27 October 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Cleveland County, North Carolina
Hometown
Kings Mountain, Cleveland County, North Carolina

Military service

Service number
34604642
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
104th Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 March 1945
Place of death
Near Bergkirchen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
F 4 17

Immediate family

Members
John D. Jackson (father)
Lena P. (Odell) Jackson (mother)
Dorothy Jackson (sister)
Ruby Jackson (sister)
Betty Jackson (sister)
Peggy Jackson (sister)
Johnnie Jackson (brother)

More information

Pfc Harold D. Jackson attended Kings Mountain High School for two years.

He enlisted at Camp Croft, South Carolina on 29 January 1943.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in thr stomach and chest.

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 / North Carolina Birth Indexes / 1940 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.fold3.com - 26th Infantry Division
Photo source: Peter Schouteten