*last update 6/21/2022

Military Involvement

 

Servicemen - J surnames KIA POW DNB Pic/s
Johnson, Harold Martin   X X  
Jorgenson, Warren George   X    

Eugene R. Jackson was born May 21, 1919 to John S. and Ella I. Parker Jackson. He died Apr. 28, 1945 and is buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, Cedar Rapids, IA.

Pvt. Jackson served in World War II with the U.S. Army Co. D, 503rd Parachute Infantry and died in the service of his country.

Source: ancestry.com


Harold Solon Jackson was born Mar. 13, 1921 to Edward Ray and Helen Julia Joslin Jackson. He died May 7, 2007 and is buried in Iowa Veterans Cemetery, Adel, IA.

Sgt. Jackson served with the U.S. Army Air Corps in World War II.

Source: ancestry.com


Eugene Elmer Jacobsen was born Oct. 14, 1923 to Elmer E. and Lorvene M. Jacobsen. He died May 1, 1953 and is buried in Rose Hills Memorial Park, Whittier, CA.

Eugene served in World War II.

Source: ancestry.com


Thomas Janos, Jr. was born Feb. 9, 1922 to Thomas (Sr.) and Elizabeth Luke Janos. He died Dec. 24, 1925.

Sgt. Janos served in World War II with the U.S. Army 54th Engineers Maintenance Company.

Source: ancestry.com


Lawrence Louis Jedlicka was born Sept. 23, 1920 to Louis F. and Adele Anna Jedlicka. He died Oct. 8, 1944 and is buried in Florence American Cemetery, Impruneta, Italy.

Sgt. Jedlicka served in World War II with the U.S. Army 349th Infantry Regiment, 88th Infantry Division and was KIA in Italy and awarded the Purple Heart.

Source: ancestry.com


Willard T. Jeffress was born Oct. 21, 1916 to William and Marie Elizabeth Reibert Jeffress. He died Oct. 24, 1944 and is buried in Resthaven Cemetery, West Des Moines, IA.

Petty Officer Jeffress served in World War II with the U.S. Navy aboard the USS Fulton (AS-11) and died while in the service of his country.

Source: ancestry.com


Rolland Wallace Johns was born Apr. 30, 1915 to Charles T. and Nellie White Johns. He died Apr. 30, 1944.

Sgt. Johns served in World War II with the U.S. Army Headquarters Co. 14th Bank Battalion and died while serving his country at Camp Polk, LA.

Source: ancestry.com


Donald Earl Johnson was born Sept. 1, 1915 to Harry E. and Emma Baker Johnson. He died Sept. 6, 1947 and is buried in Cedar Memorial Park, Cedar Rapids, IA.

Sgt. Johnson served in World War II with the U.S. Army.

Source: ancestry.com


Raymond Clifford Johnson was born May 6, 1913 to Hans and Sarah Moulds Johnson. He died Aug. 6, 1947 and is buried in Linwood Cemetery, Cedar Rapids, IA.

Pvt. Johnson served in World War II with the U.S. Army 81st General Hospital.

Source: ancestry.com


Jess Dewey Joyce, Jr. was born June 14, 1923 to Jess D. (Sr.) and Caroline Schmickle Joyce. He died Aug. 15, 1944 and is buried in Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial, Saint-Avold, France.

Sgt. Joyce served in World War II with the U.S. Army Air Corps 427th Bomb Squadron 303rd Bomb Group (H). He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters and Purple Heart.

Source: ancestry.com


Benjamin W. Jump was born Nov. 22, 1919 to William H. and Frances Angela Stallman Jump. He died Mar. 17, 1943 and is buried in Mount Calvary Cemetery, Cedar Rapids, IA.

Lt. Jump served in World War II with the U.S. Army Air Corps 34th Bomb Group, 7th Bomb Squadron and died in the crash of his B-17F Flying Fortress #42,5450, near Blythe Army Airfield, Riverside County, CA.

Source: ancestry.com



ServiceMen Research done by WWII Researcher, Pat Holt Juon, Mar & Apr 2019; updated Jun, Jul & Aug 2020 & Jun 2022

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