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Personal info

Full name
JACOBSON, Charles Jerome
Date of birth
26 June 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan
Hometown
Harris County, Texas
Religion
Jewish

Military service

Service number
38676354
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
358th Infantry Regiment,
90th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Missing in Action
Date of death
25 November 1944
Place of death
Near Oberleuken, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Tablets of the Missing
* This soldier has been accounted for. A rosette has been placed next to his name.

Immediate family

Members
Charles Jacobson (father)
Kathryn (Lanagan) Jacobson (mother)
Gertrude (Kaplan) Jacobson (wife)
Katherine R. Jacobson (daughter)

More information

Pvt Charles J. Jacobson enlisted in Fort Sam Houston, Texas on 29 April 1944.

He was first buried at Frankfurt Mausoleum.

Pvt Charles J. Jacobson's remains have been recovered and interred at the Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial. His name is permanently inscribed on the Tablets of the Missing at the Luxembourg American Cemetery and Memorial.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - U.S. Headstone and Interment Record for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / 1940 Census, www.findagrave.com, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: Peter Schouteten