Jacob W. Givens

Name: Jacob Whitley Givens

Service number: 35075744

Born: 26 April 1914, Ohio

Hometown: Butler County, Ohio

Family:

Edward Drake “Eddy” Givens (father)

Minerva Jane Roberson (mother)

Laura E. Givens (sister)

Albert B. Givens (brother)

Roberta givens (sister)

Thomas E. Givens (brother)

Floyd C. Givens (brother)

James A. Givens (brother)

Rank: Private

Division: 9th Infantry Division

Regiment: 60 Infantry Regiment

Status: MIA/FOD

Date of death: MIA: 20 October 1944 FOD: 21 October 1945

Awards: Bronze Star, Purple Heart

Grave Number: Walls of the Missing

Cemetery: American War Cemetery Margraten

Other information:

Pvt Jacob W Givens attended grammar school, worked in the manufacturing industry and was married.

He entered the Service from Fort Thomas, Newport, Kentucky on 24 March 1944 as a Private.

He served in K-Company. K-Company was a part of the 3rd Battalion.

Some documents from Jacob's IDPF that describe the efforts to recover the remains of soldiers who were/are MIA

This sentence describes who ferocious the fighting was: "...the area in question was heavily mined and that during the fighting changed hands approximately thirty-six times."

Cenotaph at Machpelah Cemetery, Mount Sterling, Montgomery County, Kentucky, USA

Jacob's name on the Walls of the Missing in Margraten, The Netherlands, during my visit on 15 July, 2013

Sources: www.adoptiegraven-database.nl, www.findagrave.com, Andi Hunting, http://9thinfantrydivision.net