PFC Jackson Lee Raines 19133729 KIA

Private First Class Jackson Lee Raines 19133729 US Army KIA. He was born on July 17, 1924, in Ramsey, Minnesota. He was the son of Jackson Cain Raines and Doris Lee Raines. He attended the University of California Berkeley. He entered the US Army on December 15, 1942 at the age of 18 in Berkeley California.  He entered 4th Platoon, G Company, 253rd Infantry Regiment, 63rd Infantry Division on August 29, 1944. He trained with them at Camp Van Dorn, Mississippi, and he served in them, for the remainder of his life. He served in combat in the European African Middle Eastern Theater; during this time he fought in the campaigns of the RHINELAND, and the CENTRAL EUROPE. On April 4, 1945 G Company, crossed the Jagst Rivers and took part in the battles between the Jagst Rivers, and Kocher Rivers; this included fighting for the towns of  towns of; Untergriesheim, Buchhof, Lobenbacherhof, and Stein am Kocher. On April 8, 1945, in the vicinity of Stein, Germany. When his entire company was pinned down by intense machine gun and small arms fire, Private First Class Raines, with other members of the headquarters section, established flank protection. He sought the enemy and killed at least seven. So continuous and effective was his fire that the enemy, apparently believing that a large force faced it, surrendered in large numbers. When the heavy firing ceased, Private First Class Raines was found dead, his ammunition exhausted. In 1948 his body was interred at Fort Snelling National Cemetery in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He was posthumously awarded the Silver Star Medal (SSM), Bronze Star Medals  (BSM), the Purple Heart Medal (PHM), The Combat Infantry Badge,  the American Theater of Operations Medal, European African Middle Eastern Theater of operations Medal, and the  World War Two Victory Medal. 

Private First Class Jackson Lee Raines 19133729 US Army KIA. He was born on July 17, 1924, in Ramsey, Minnesota. He was the son of Jackson Cain Raines and Doris Lee Raines. He attended the University of California Berkeley. He entered the US Army on December 15, 1942 at the age of 18 in Berkeley California. 

He entered 4th Platoon, G Company, 253rd Infantry Regiment, 63rd Infantry Division on August 29, 1944. He trained with them at Camp Van Dorn, Mississippi, and he served in them, for the remainder of his life. He served in combat in the European African Middle Eastern Theater; during this time he fought in the campaigns of the RHINELAND, and the CENTRAL EUROPE.

On April 4, 1945 G Company, crossed the Jagst Rivers and took part in the battles between the Jagst Rivers, and Kocher Rivers; this included fighting for the towns of  towns of; Untergriesheim, Buchhof, Lobenbacherhof, and Stein am Kocher. On April 8, 1945, in the vicinity of Stein, Germany. When his entire company was pinned down by intense machine gun and small arms fire, Private First Class Raines, with other members of the headquarters section, established flank protection. He sought the enemy and killed at least seven. So continuous and effective was his fire that the enemy, apparently believing that a large force faced it, surrendered in large numbers. When the heavy firing ceased, Private First Class Raines was found dead, his ammunition exhausted. In 1948 his body was interred at Fort Snelling National Cemetery in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

He was posthumously awarded the Silver Star Medal (SSM), Bronze Star Medals  (BSM), the Purple Heart Medal (PHM), The Combat Infantry Badge,  the American Theater of Operations Medal, European African Middle Eastern Theater of operations Medal, and the  World War Two Victory Medal. 

Private First Class Jackson Lee Raines 19133729 US Army KIA. He was born on July 17, 1924, in Ramsey, Minnesota. He was the son of Jackson Cain Raines and Doris Lee Raines. He attended the University of California Berkeley. He entered the US Army on December 15, 1942 at the age of 18 in Berkeley California.  He entered 4th Platoon, G Company, 253rd Infantry Regiment, 63rd Infantry Division on August 29, 1944. He trained with them at Camp Van Dorn, Mississippi, and he served in them, for the remainder of his life. He served in combat in the European African Middle Eastern Theater; during this time he fought in the campaigns of the RHINELAND, and the CENTRAL EUROPE. On April 4, 1945 G Company, crossed the Jagst Rivers and took part in the battles between the Jagst Rivers, and Kocher Rivers; this included fighting for the towns of  towns of; Untergriesheim, Buchhof, Lobenbacherhof, and Stein am Kocher. On April 8, 1945, in the vicinity of Stein, Germany. When his entire company was pinned down by intense machine gun and small arms fire, Private First Class Raines, with other members of the headquarters section, established flank protection. He sought the enemy and killed at least seven. So continuous and effective was his fire that the enemy, apparently believing that a large force faced it, surrendered in large numbers. When the heavy firing ceased, Private First Class Raines was found dead, his ammunition exhausted. In 1948 his body was interred at Fort Snelling National Cemetery in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He was posthumously awarded the Silver Star Medal (SSM), Bronze Star Medals  (BSM), the Purple Heart Medal (PHM), The Combat Infantry Badge,  the American Theater of Operations Medal, European African Middle Eastern Theater of operations Medal, and the  World War Two Victory Medal. 

1- The Battle of Buchhof and Stein am Kocher
2- 63rd division records
3-GO 273
4- in the U.S., National Cemetery Interment Control Forms, 1928-1962
5- https://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=929&mtch=1&cat=all&tf=F&q=19133729&bc=sd&rpp=10&pg=1&rid=308874
6- 1943 University of California Berkeley Yearbook
Private First Class Jackson Lee Raines 19133729 US Army KIA. He was born on July 17, 1924, in Ramsey, Minnesota. He was the son of Jackson Cain Raines and Doris Lee Raines. He attended the University of California Berkeley. He entered the US Army on December 15, 1942 at the age of 18 in Berkeley California.  He entered 4th Platoon, G Company, 253rd Infantry Regiment, 63rd Infantry Division on August 29, 1944. He trained with them at Camp Van Dorn, Mississippi, and he served in them, for the remainder of his life. He served in combat in the European African Middle Eastern Theater; during this time he fought in the campaigns of the RHINELAND, and the CENTRAL EUROPE. On April 4, 1945 G Company, crossed the Jagst Rivers and took part in the battles between the Jagst Rivers, and Kocher Rivers; this included fighting for the towns of  towns of; Untergriesheim, Buchhof, Lobenbacherhof, and Stein am Kocher. On April 8, 1945, in the vicinity of Stein, Germany. When his entire company was pinned down by intense machine gun and small arms fire, Private First Class Raines, with other members of the headquarters section, established flank protection. He sought the enemy and killed at least seven. So continuous and effective was his fire that the enemy, apparently believing that a large force faced it, surrendered in large numbers. When the heavy firing ceased, Private First Class Raines was found dead, his ammunition exhausted. In 1948 his body was interred at Fort Snelling National Cemetery in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He was posthumously awarded the Silver Star Medal (SSM), Bronze Star Medals  (BSM), the Purple Heart Medal (PHM), The Combat Infantry Badge,  the American Theater of Operations Medal, European African Middle Eastern Theater of operations Medal, and the  World War Two Victory Medal.