Henry D. Jackson

Company D 1st Battalion 22nd Infantry

4th Infantry Division

KIA 06/08/1944

Henry Douglas Jackson was born in Texas on December 15, 1919.

He listed his home of residence as Texas.
His religion was listed as Protestant.

He was with Company D 22nd Infantry at least by December 1943, as his photo is in
a Christmas dinner menu from Company D at that time. Morning Reports from
Company D indicate he was assigned as a platoon leader on January 1, 1944.

First Lieutenant Jackson was killed in action in Normandy, France on June 8, 1944
during 1st Battalion's attack against the German coastal battery at Crisbecq.

Henry D. Jackson was originally buried in the temporary military cemetery at Sainte Mere Eglise
Cemetery #1 at Carentan, France in Block O Row 6 Grave 109. His remains were later
reinterred in the permanent cemetery at Colleville-sur-Mer in the 1947-1949 time frame, when the
temporary cemeteries were shut down.

Burial:
Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial
Colleville-sur-Mer
Departement du Calvados
Basse-Normandie, France
Plot: Plot F Row 9 Grave 11

Grave marker for Henry D. Jackson

Photo by RvG from the Find A Grave website

Top photo of Henry D. Jackson as a Lieutenant with Company D 22nd Infantrry 1943 from webmaster's collection

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