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- Cpl Womble was a member of Company B, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment and parachuted into Normandy on D-Day, June 6 1944. The regiment fought there for 33 days before being relieved.
Jesse probably was with the 508th during Operation Market Garden when they parachuted into Nijmegen, Holland on September 17, 1944.
The regiment was called into action again on December 18, 1944 for the Battle of The Bulge. Unfortunately, Cpl Womble was killed in action during this operation in Belgium on January 11, 1945.
Jesse was initially interred on January 14, 1945 in the Henri Chapelle Nr 1 temporary cemetery, Plot ZZ, Row 5, Grave 100 in Henri Chapelle, Belgium.
Following the end of the war all next-of-kin were given the option of having their loved ones remains sent home or transferred to the new facility. Jesse's parents wanted him returned.
On December 8, 1947, Cpl Jesse J. Womble's remains arrived in Kansas City accompanied by military escort. He was buried in Maple Hill shortly thereafter.
Cpl Womble's military decorations include the Bronze Star Medal with one Oak Leaf Cluster and the Purple Heart.
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1921 - 1945 (23 years)
