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Jack Porter Jewett

Birth
Aberdeen, Brown County, South Dakota, USA
Death
15 Aug 1950 (aged 24)
Corpus Christi, Nueces County, Texas, USA
Burial
Newark, Licking County, Ohio, USA Add to Map
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Jack J. Jewett was born in Aberdeen, SD, on January 26, 1926, to Mr. and Mrs. Harvey C. Jewett, Jr. Jack had a brother, Harvey III, and two sisters: Jane and Eleanor. Jack graduated from Camplon Preparatory School, Prairie Du Chlen, Wisconsin. Jack J. Jewett served in the Navy during World War II. After the war, Jack entered flight school o train as a Navy pilot. Just two weeks before receiving his wings and commission as a pilot, Air Cadet Jack J. Jewett was killed in a crash of a dive bomber at Corpus Christi, TX. His body was returned to Aberdeen for a funeral service. Afterwards, his body was taken to Newark, OH, for burial in the family plot.
Source: Korean War Memorial.
Jack J. Jewett was born in Aberdeen, SD, on January 26, 1926, to Mr. and Mrs. Harvey C. Jewett, Jr. Jack had a brother, Harvey III, and two sisters: Jane and Eleanor. Jack graduated from Camplon Preparatory School, Prairie Du Chlen, Wisconsin. Jack J. Jewett served in the Navy during World War II. After the war, Jack entered flight school o train as a Navy pilot. Just two weeks before receiving his wings and commission as a pilot, Air Cadet Jack J. Jewett was killed in a crash of a dive bomber at Corpus Christi, TX. His body was returned to Aberdeen for a funeral service. Afterwards, his body was taken to Newark, OH, for burial in the family plot.
Source: Korean War Memorial.


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