T5 Jacob Walter Geiss

High School Annual Photo

T5 Jacob Walter Geiss was born 28 Jan 1918 in Nokomis, Illinois to Theodore William and Olga A. (Radtke) Geiss.  His father was a painter. On 22 Jun 1941 he married Lucille E. 

Jacob was working as a sales clerk when he was drafted in May 1943.  He was sent overseas and assigned from the replacement depot to I Company 116th Infantry. T5 Geiss was killed in action on 11 Oct 1944.

T5 Geiss was repatriated and is buried in the Nokomis Cemetery in Nokomis, Illinois with Lucille.