Tec4. Jacob "Jake" DeGroot         

Mil# 31106944

Enlisted: 18 March 1942, Manchester, NH

 HQ-Company 643rd TD BN

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Born: 22 December 1919    Place: Medford, MA

 Died:  4 December 2010      Place:  Derry, NH

Burial place: Forest Hill Cemetery, East Derry, NH 

 

 

Wife:  Eleanor "Dolly" DeGroot  (Johnson)   Married:

Children: Jacob, John, Robert, Eileen, Carol and Ellie

 

Father: Gerrit  DeGroot   Mother: Teuntje DeGroot (Merijon)

 

 

Awards

 

Good Conduct Medal -  American Campaign Medal - WWII Victory Medal

 

                                                                                            

       

European African Middle Eastern Service Medal

Battle Stars"Ardennes-Rhineland-Central Europe"

 

 

 

Jake behind 643rd Truck Wrecker, Diamond T969

 

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