John J. Jacobs

Company A 1st Battalion 22nd Infantry

4th Infantry Division

KIA 06/22/1944

John James Jacobs was born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania on January 4, 1914.

Prior to entering military service he was employed by the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

He was drafted into the Army on April 24, 1942 at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. His home of residence
was listed as Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania and his civilian occupation was listed
as Semiskilled warehousing, storekeeping, handling, loading, unloading, and related occupations.
He had completed grammar school and was single with no dependents.

The date of his assignment to the 22nd Infantry is unknown but he was with the Regiment
at least by December 1942 as his name is listed in a Company roster on a menu for the
Christmas Dinner of Company A 22nd Infantry at Camp Gordon, Georgia in December 1942. *

He was awarded the Good Conduct Medal as a Private in Headquarters 22nd Infantry General Orders No. 5
dated June 8, 1943 at Fort Dix, New Jersey.

Private Jacobs was killed in action in France on June 22, 1944, in the vicinity of Gonneville,
during the attack toward Cherbourg.

Decorations of John J. Jacobs

John J. Jacobs was buried in the temporary U.S. Military Cemetery
Sainte Mere-Eglise #2 at Carentan, France in Block I Row 1 Grave 11 and was moved to 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 G Row 1 Grave 33

Grave marker for

John J. Jacobs

Photo by

John Tomawski

and

Andreia Lino

* Courtesy of Julien Woestyn

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