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2LT Roland Jackson

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2LT Roland Jackson

Birth
Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, USA
Death
6 Jun 1918 (aged 25)
France
Burial
Belleau, Departement de l'Aisne, Picardie, France
Plot
Plot A Row 2 Grave 86
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Lieutenant Roland Jackson whose death in France is announced in the latest list of casualties, was formerly interpreter in the American legation at Madrid. He resigned in order to get into the war and returning to this country, received his commission at an Officers Training Camp, and about a year ago went to France. Lieutenant Jackson was the son of William E.[sic] Jackson, a prominent resident of Colorado Springs. He was the nephew of Helen Hunt Jackson, the author. He graduated from Harvard in the class of 1915; he was a good musician, linguist, and had much literary ability. A brother, Everett, is a captain in the infantry and another brother, Gardner, is a second lieutenant. A sister, Helen, is attached to the nurses training Corps at Vassar College. Lieutenant Jackson was a close friend of Francis J. Park of Adelphi College, who is greatly shocked over the news of Lieutenant Jackson's death.
--The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, NY) July 5, 1918 Fri
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He was listed as KIA. He served as an interpreter at the American Embassy in Madrid before entering the first officers' training camp at Plattsburg. He was the son of William S. Jackson.
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(His Aunt): Helen Hunt Jackson was an American poet and writer who became an activist on behalf of improved treatment of Native Americans by the United States government. She described the adverse effects of government actions in her history A Century of Dishonor
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Lieutenant Roland Jackson whose death in France is announced in the latest list of casualties, was formerly interpreter in the American legation at Madrid. He resigned in order to get into the war and returning to this country, received his commission at an Officers Training Camp, and about a year ago went to France. Lieutenant Jackson was the son of William E.[sic] Jackson, a prominent resident of Colorado Springs. He was the nephew of Helen Hunt Jackson, the author. He graduated from Harvard in the class of 1915; he was a good musician, linguist, and had much literary ability. A brother, Everett, is a captain in the infantry and another brother, Gardner, is a second lieutenant. A sister, Helen, is attached to the nurses training Corps at Vassar College. Lieutenant Jackson was a close friend of Francis J. Park of Adelphi College, who is greatly shocked over the news of Lieutenant Jackson's death.
--The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, NY) July 5, 1918 Fri
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He was listed as KIA. He served as an interpreter at the American Embassy in Madrid before entering the first officers' training camp at Plattsburg. He was the son of William S. Jackson.
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(His Aunt): Helen Hunt Jackson was an American poet and writer who became an activist on behalf of improved treatment of Native Americans by the United States government. She described the adverse effects of government actions in her history A Century of Dishonor
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ROLAND JACKSON
2 LIEUT. 30 INF. 3 DIV.
COLORADO JUNE 6, 1918
2nd Lt. Roland Jackson, USA, Co G. 2nd Battalion, 30th U.S. Infantry Regiment, 6th Brigade, 3rd Division, AEF.
Awarded the Purple Heart Medal for actions against the enemy.
KIA while serving as an Platoon Leader with Co G. during an enemy artillery strike upon his Co's. position just outside of the French town of Monneaux, France during The Defensive Sector (Château-Thierry) on the afternoon of Thursday, June 6th, 1918.
Upon 2nd Lt. Jackson's death, 2nd Lt. Jackson was initially interred at Grave 3, Temporary American Cemetery, Bonneil, France, and was finally reinterred at Grave #86, Row #2, Section A. at Aisne-Marne American Cemetery, Belleau, France on the afternoon of Thursday, November 9th, 1922.

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