PFC
Jack W Sellke
Aged 19, fallen January 10, 1945
- Unit
- Company C, 242nd Infantry Regiment
- Serial number
- 36983914
- Hometown
- Jackson, Illinois
- Date of death
- January 10, 1945
- Classification
- Died of wounds
- Burial
- Oakland Cemetery, Cedar Hill Section, Freeport, Illinois
Private First Class Jack W Sellke, serial number 36983914, of Jackson, Illinois, served with Company C of the 242nd Infantry Regiment in the 42nd Infantry Division, the Rainbow Division. He died of wounds on January 10, 1945, at the age of 19. He is buried at Oakland Cemetery, Cedar Hill Section, Freeport, Illinois.
Further reading: The Battle of Hatten-Rittershoffen and the Men Who Held the Line.
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