Jack E. Gavin

Rang: Second Lieutenant

Overlijdensdatum: 19 September 1944

Legeronderdeel: 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division

Laatste rustplaats: Nebraska, Verenigde Staten

Triangle of Tribute locatie: Groesbeek, Cranenburgsestraat

Second Lieutenant Jack E. Gavin (no relation to General James M. Gavin) was an officer with G Company, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment. On September 19, 1944, he was killed in action near the railroad crossing on Cranenburgsestraat in Groesbeek. He was initially buried in Grave A-5-87 at the temporary American military cemetery at Molenhoek. After the war, his remains were repatriated to the United States and reinterred at Wyuka Cemetery in Lincoln, Nebraska. Jack was 30 years old.