PFC
George M Jacoby
Aged 23, fallen January 6, 1945
- Unit
- Company E, 242nd Infantry Regiment
- Serial number
- 38187614
- Hometown
- Caddo Parish, Louisiana
- Date of death
- January 6, 1945
- Classification
- Killed in action
- Burial
- Forest Park Cemetery, Section X Plot 97, Shreveport, Louisiana
Private First Class George M Jacoby, serial number 38187614, of Caddo Parish, Louisiana, served with Company E of the 242nd Infantry Regiment in the 42nd Infantry Division, the Rainbow Division. He was killed in action on January 6, 1945, at the age of 23. He is buried at Forest Park Cemetery, Section X Plot 97, Shreveport, Louisiana.
Further reading: The 42nd “Rainbow” Division Was Not at the Battle of the Bulge.
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