Pearce

Born: 25 November 1920 - Treharris, Great Britain

Parents: Fred & Emily Pearce

Nickname: Jack

Siblings: 2 sisters, 1 brother

Home:

-231 South Fourteenth Avenue - Maywood, Illinois

Education:

- Washington School

- Proviso Township High School

- Class of 1941

- left before class graduated

Enlisted:

- 18 December 1942

Serial Number: 36716381

Training:

- Camp Clairborne, Louisiana

- Camp Howze, Texas

Unit: B Company, 318th Infantry Regiment, 80th Infantry Division

- 80th Division lands in France near Saint Jores - 2 August 1944

Engagements:

- LeMans France

Killed in Action:

- 18 August 1944

Buried:

- Glen Oak Cemetery, Hillside, Illinois

- East Lawn Section Lot: 72 Grave: 3

Medals:

- Purple Heart