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Jesse Rushing
First Name:
Jesse
Middle Name:
J.
Last Name:
Rushing
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Killed on D-Day in the invasion of Normandy. Memorial marker at Normandy, France.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: The Charlotte Observer 8-4-1944
Personal Details
Education Details:
Charlotte Technical High School
Biographical Notes:
Charlotte Country Club Asst. Caddie Master
Family Details:
Mrs. Dorothy Zeeman Holton, NE
Mrs. Gilmer H. Holton - 2923 The Plaza, Charlotte, NC
Corp. Jack M. Rushing - Holland, Lt. Gilmer H. Holton, Jr., step-brother - killed at the Battle of Midway
Ed Summers of Columbus, MS died Nov. 1944 - grandfather
Military Details
Military Branch:
Army Air Corps Enlisted: About 1941
Military Rank:
Corporal
Military Unit:
507th Parachute Infantry Regiment Airborne paratrooper Field Artillery as a sergeant
KIA Date:
6/11/1944
MIA Date:
NA
Military Details:
Alliance, NE, Fort Benning, GA, Fort Bragg, NC, Normandy
Awards:
Purple Heart
Source:
newsprint, death index and family information