- SURNAME
Jachman
- FORENAME
Isadore Siegfried (Izzy)
- UNIT
513 Parachute Infantry Regiment (Company B)
- RANK
Staff Sergeant
- NUMBER
13136814
- DATE OF DEATH
4th January 1945
- AGE
22
- GRAVESITE
Adath Israel Cemetery,Baltimore,Maryland Family Plot
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
from Baltimore,Maryland
born 14.12.1922 Berlin,Germany
son of Leo and Lotte Jachman (originally Jachimowicz of Kalisz,Poland)
family moved to Baltimore 1924
graduated Baltimore City College 1939
entered service 1941 Baltimore,Maryland
rank Corporal (National Archives)
awards Medal of Honor,D.S.C.,Bronze Star
KIA Flamierge,Belgium
DATE OF DEATH:
04-Jan-1945AWARD:
https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?threads/jachman-isadore-siegfried.39473/CITATION:
Medal of Honor : The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pride in presenting the Medal of Honor (Posthumously) to Staff Sergeant Isadore Seigfreid Jachman, United States Army, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity above and beyond the call of duty while serving with Company B, 513th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 17th Airborne Division, in action at Flamierge, Belgium, on 4 January 1945, when his company was pinned down by enemy artillery, mortar, and small arms fire, two hostile tanks attacked the unit, inflicting heavy casualties. Staff Sergeant Jachman, seeing the desperate plight of his comrades, left his place of cover and with total disregard for his own safety dashed across open ground through a hail of fire and seizing a bazooka from a fallen comrade advanced on the tanks, which concentrated their fire on him. Firing the weapon alone, he damaged one and forced both to retire. Staff Sergeant Jachman's heroic action, in which he suffered fatal wounds, disrupted the entire enemy attack, reflecting the highest credit upon himself and the parachute infantry.
WEB LINKS:
https://valor.militarytimes.com/hero/1410
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