| Marker Number |
2699 |
| Atlas Number |
5367002699 |
| Marker Title |
Jack Llewellyn Knight |
| Index Entry |
Knight, Jack Llewellyn |
| Address |
Holders Chapel Road, off US 180 W of Weatherford |
| City |
Cool Community |
| County |
Parker |
| UTM Zone |
14 |
| UTM Easting |
286088 |
| UTM Northing |
3764890 |
| Subject Codes |
World War II; military topics |
| Marker Year |
1990 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark |
No |
| Marker Location |
In the Holders Chapel Cemetery, from Weatherford take US 180 12 miles west, turn north onto Holders Chapel Road in the Cool Community, and continue about 1 mile to the cemetery. |
| Private Property |
No |
| Marker Condition |
In Situ |
| Marker Size |
18" x 28" |
| Marker Text |
Born on a farm near Garner (4 miles north) Jack L. Knight enlisted in the Texas National Guard in 1940. Mobilized for service during World War II, his unit was posted to Southeast Asia to help open the Burma Road between India and China. During one of the last battles in that region, Knight was killed while leading an attack on a Japanese position. Four months later, he was posthumously awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor, the only one awarded for the China-Burma-India Theater of Operations. In 1949 he was buried in this cemetery named for his great-grandfather. (1990) |
