US PARAS Mariott, Jack B.

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Mariott ​

• FORENAME

Jack B. ​

• UNIT

509 Parachute Infantry Battalion (Company G) ​

• RANK

Private ​

• NUMBER

39283305 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

7th March 1945 ​

• AGE

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• GRAVESITE

Lorraine American Cemetery,France Tablets of the Missing ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from Lancaster,California​

born 1924/25 Arkansas​

son of Burton (Bert) Oliver and Nona Rachel Mariott,1036 Beech Avenue,Lancaster,​

California​

attended Antelope Valley High School,Lancaster (3 years)​

entered service 11.1.1944 California​

Airborne Training Center​

509 PIB​

POW 29.2.1944 Anzio,Italy​

award Bronze Star​

escaped and recaptured​

shot at Stalag 2B,Hammerstein,West Prussia,Germany​

declared dead 7.3.1946 ​

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