2LT Jack Harrison Baughn Jr.

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2LT Jack Harrison Baughn Jr.

Birth
Death
26 Nov 1944 (aged 27)
Burial
Greenwood, Leflore County, Mississippi, USA Add to Map
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Jack Harrison Baughn, Jr was the son of Jack H Baughn and Margueritr Ludlow. They married 13 June 1916 in Leflore County, Mississippi. His mother died 10 December 1918 when he was about 18 months old. In the 1920 census he was recorded as Jack W Baughn, age 2, living with his Ludlow grandfather.

He had been an engineering student at the University of Mississippi for two years before his enlistment in the U.S. Army on 9 September 1942 at Camp Shelby, Hattiesburg, Mississippi. His death occurred while serving with the 1340th Engineer Combat Battalion.

Jack H Baughn, Sr (a resident of Hapeville, Georgia) ordered a flat granite military marker for his son's grave on 14 July 1948 from the Office of the QuarterMaster General, Memorial Divison, Washington, D.C. The request was approved and the marker ordered from Columbus, Mississippi on 15 September 1948 to be shipped in care of R.F. Baughn to the Odd Fellows Cemetery in Greenwood, Mississippi.
Jack Harrison Baughn, Jr was the son of Jack H Baughn and Margueritr Ludlow. They married 13 June 1916 in Leflore County, Mississippi. His mother died 10 December 1918 when he was about 18 months old. In the 1920 census he was recorded as Jack W Baughn, age 2, living with his Ludlow grandfather.

He had been an engineering student at the University of Mississippi for two years before his enlistment in the U.S. Army on 9 September 1942 at Camp Shelby, Hattiesburg, Mississippi. His death occurred while serving with the 1340th Engineer Combat Battalion.

Jack H Baughn, Sr (a resident of Hapeville, Georgia) ordered a flat granite military marker for his son's grave on 14 July 1948 from the Office of the QuarterMaster General, Memorial Divison, Washington, D.C. The request was approved and the marker ordered from Columbus, Mississippi on 15 September 1948 to be shipped in care of R.F. Baughn to the Odd Fellows Cemetery in Greenwood, Mississippi.


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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/125369789/jack_harrison-baughn: accessed ), memorial page for 2LT Jack Harrison Baughn Jr. (21 Mar 1917–26 Nov 1944), Find a Grave Memorial ID 125369789, citing IOOF Cemetery, Greenwood, Leflore County, Mississippi, USA; Maintained by TWC (contributor 47885255).