Rank Insignia Previous Honoree ID Next Honoree ID


   
honoree image
First Name: Isadore

Last Name: Jachman

Birthplace: Berlin, DEU

Gender: Male

Branch: Army (1784 - present)



Home of Record: Baltimore, MD
Middle Name: Seigfreid



Date of Birth: 14 December 1922

Date of Death: 04 January 1945

Rank: Staff Sergeant

Years Served: 1942 - 1945
Isadore Seigfreid Jachman
'Izzy'

   
Engagements:
•  World War II (1941 - 1945)

Biography:

Isadore Seigfreid 'Izzy' Jachman
Staff Sergeant, U.S. Army
Medal of Honor Recipient
World War II

Staff Sergeant Isadore Seigfreid 'Izzy' Jachman (14 December 1922 - 4 January 1945) was a U.S. Army soldier who was posthumously awarded the U. S. military's highest award for valor, the Medal of Honor, for his heroic actions during World War II.

Isadore Seigfreid Jachman was born on 14 December 1922 in Berlin, Germany, the first son of Leo and Lotte Jachmann. The family moved to the U.S. when Isadore was two years old and Leo 'Americanized' his last name by dropping the second 'n.' Leo and Lotte had two more children, Joe and Sylvia, both "Yankees" born in the U.S. Izzy was raised in Baltimore, MD, and attended high school at the Baltimore City College, graduating in 1939. Jachman, who was Jewish, had relatives who died in the Holocaust, including six aunts and uncles. He joined the U.S. Army in Baltimore after the attack on Pearl Harbor.

The Mission

At Flamierge, Belgium, on 4 January 1945, Sergeant Jachman, Company B, 513th Parachute Infantry Regiment and his company were pinned down by enemy artillery, mortar, small arms fire and two hostile tanks that attacked the unit, inflicting heavy casualties. Sergeant Jachman left his place of cover, dashed across open ground, through a hail of fire and grabbed a bazooka from a fallen comrade. He then advanced on the tanks, which concentrated their fire on him. Firing his weapon, he damaged one and forced both of them to retire. He suffered fatal wounds during his heroic actions and was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor. 'Izzy' Jachman had made the supreme sacrifice for his adopted country.

Medal of Honor

Rank and organization: Staff Sergeant, U.S. Army, Company B, 513th Parachute Infantry Regiment.

Place and date: Flamierge, Belgium, 4 January 1945.

Citation: For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity above and beyond the call of duty at Flamierge, Belgium, on 4 January 1945, when his company was pinned down by enemy artillery, mortar, and small arms fire, 2 hostile tanks attacked the unit, inflicting heavy casualties. S/Sgt. Jachman, seeing the desperate plight of his comrades, left his place of cover and with total disregard for his own safety dashed across open ground through a hail of fire and seizing a bazooka from a fallen comrade advanced on the tanks, which concentrated their fire on him. Firing the weapon alone, he damaged one and forced both to retire. S/Sgt. Jachman's heroic action, in which he suffered fatal wounds, disrupted the entire enemy attack, reflecting the highest credit upon himself and the parachute infantry.

Medals and Awards

Medal of Honor
Distinguished Service Cross
Purple Heart

Honors

• After the war, the village of Flamierge erected a statue where an unknown brave American soldier had stood fighting to save the village. Later, a search of Army records established that this soldier was Staff Sgt. Jachman, and his name was added to the statue.

• Today, the Staff Sgt. Isadore Jachman Armory is located at 12100 Greenspring Avenue, Owings Mills, MD.

Death and Burial

Staff Sergeant Isadore Seigfreid Jachman was killed in action on 4 January 1945. He is buried at Adath Israel Cemetery in Baltimore, Baltimore City, MD.



Honoree ID: 1452   Created by: MHOH

Ribbons


Medals


Badges


Honoree Photos

honoree imagehonoree imagehonoree image

honoree imagehonoree image

honoree image

Remembrances


Tributes