FULL NAME:

John B. Jeffers

ARMY SERIAL NUMBER (ASN):

18032089

  • DATE OF BIRTH: Oct 27, 1924
  • DATE OF DEATH: Jul 27, 1944
RESIDENCE (DURING WWII):

Okfuskee County, Oklahoma

DATE / PLACE OF ENLISTMENT:
  • DATE OF ENLISTMENT:
    Oct 15, 1940
  • PLACE OF ENLISTMENT:
    Tulsa, Oklahoma
ORGANIZATION:
  • MAIN UNIT:
    23rd Infantry Regiment
  • SUBUNIT:
    Company B, 1st Battalion
RANK / POSITION IN UNIT (LAST KNOWN):
  • RANK:
    Private (Pvt.)
  • POSITION IN UNIT:
    Rifleman
BATTLES AND CAMPAIGNS:

✭ Normandy Campaign (6 June – 24 July 1944), ✭ Northern France Campaign (25 July – 14 September 1944)

DECORATIONS AND CITATIONS (AWARDS):

🎖Purple Heart, 🎖European–African–Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, 🎖Combat Infantry Badge

STATUS:
  • CATEGORY:
    Killed in action (KIA)
  • DATE:
    Jul 27, 1944
  • LOCATION:
    Vire, France
  • NOTES:
    First Location: Thorax, generally; Causative Agent: Artillery Shell, Fragments, Afoot or unspecified
HONORED BY:

Men of the 2nd Infantry Division

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File Unit: Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938 - 1946 (Enlistment Records)
in the Series: World War II Army Enlistment Records, created 6/1/2002 - 9/30/2002, documenting the period ca. 1938 - 1946. - Record Group 64 (info)

Brief Scope: This series contains records of approximately nine million men and women who enlisted in the United States Army, including the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps.

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