WWII Killed in Action List "J"
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CM2c Clifford Phydime "Cliff" Jandreau was killed in action at Vella LaVella on 4 November 1943 when a bomb exploded. He served with the 58th Naval Construction Battalion. Jandreau was buried at Army, Navy, Marine Cemetery, Vella LaVella and reinterred at Saint Charles Catholic Cemetery at Saint Francis, Maine. He was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart, was entitled to the American Defense Service Medal, World War II Victory Medal, and Asiatic–Pacific Campaign Medal. |
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S2c Edwin Janney was killed in action on Guadalcanal while working on a gasoline barge which sustained a direct hit from enemy bombs on 16 October 1942. Janney was buried at 1st Marine Division Cemetery, Guadalcanal and reinterred at Lambertville Cemetery Lambertville, Michigan. He was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart, was entitled to the American Defense Service Medal, World War II Victory Medal, and Asiatic–Pacific Campaign Medal. |
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SF3c Francisco Jaramillo was killed by an enemy land mine explosion at Iwo Jima on 25 April 1945, while serving with the 95th Naval Construction Battalion. He suffered a crushed chest and abdomen. Jaramillo was buried at the 4th Marine Division Cemetery, Iwo Jima and reinterred at Fort Bliss National Cemetery, El Paso, Texas. He was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart, Navy Unit Commendation for the Battle of Iwo Jima, and was entitled to the American Defense Service Medal, World War II Victory Medal, and Asiatic–Pacific Campaign Medal. |
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CSF Raleigh Jennings was killed in action at Guadalcanal on 16 October 1942 while working on a gasoline barge which sustained a direct hit from enemy bomb. He served with the 6th Naval Construction Battalion. Jennings was buried at 1st Marine Division Cemetery, Guadalcanal and reinterred at Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, Manila, Capital District, Philippines. |
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S2c Herluf Jensen was killed in action at Guadalcanal while working on a gasoline barge which sustained a direct hit from enemy bombs on 16 October 1942. He served with the 6th Naval Construction Battalion. Jensen was buried at 1st Marine Division Cemetery, Guadalcanal and reinterred at Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, Manila, Capital District, Philippines. He was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart, was entitled to the American Defense Service Medal, World War II Victory Medal, and Asiatic–Pacific Campaign Medal. |
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CM2c William Jett was killed in action from shrapnel wounds to lower back, abdomen and pelvis during enemy action at Peleliu on 4 November 1944. He served with the 112th Naval Construction Battalion. He was buried at US Armed Forces Cemetery #1, Peleliu, and reinterred at Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, Manila, Capital District, National Capital Region, Philippines. He was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart, was entitled to the American Defense Service Medal, World War II Victory Medal, and Asiatic–Pacific Campaign Medal. |
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SK3c Alva Johnson was killed in action on Halavo Beach, Florida Island in the Solomon's on 22 February 1943 while serving with the 34th Naval Construction Battalion. Johnson was a member of the 34th Naval Construction Battalion, one of the first African-American naval units commissioned. The 34th Naval Construction Battalion consisted of 880 black men and 280 white men, with all white officers and chief petty officers. At the height of World War II, there were more than 12,000 African-American Seabees participating in the war effort, representing over 50 construction trades, including steelworkers, carpenters, electricians, blacksmiths, draftsmen, and painters. Their pioneering efforts helped paved the way for the full desegregation of the Navy following World War II. Johnson was buried at White Beach Cemetery, Florida Island, and reinterred at the Gettysburg National Cemetery. Johnson was posthumously awarded Purple Heart and was entitled to the American Defense Service Medal, World War II Victory Medal, and Asiatic–Pacific Campaign Medal. |
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CM3c William Thomas Jones was killed in action at Salerno on 9 September 1943 while serving with Construction Battalion Detachment 1006. He was aboard Platoon "C"'s pontoon causeway when it struck an enemy mine off Green Beach, Salerno. Jones disappeared overboard and his body was recovered by USS PREVAIL on 10 September. He was buried locally and reinterred at Forest Hills Cemetery and Crematory, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts. He was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart, was entitled to the American Defense Service Medal, World War II Victory Medal, and European–African–Middle Eastern Campaign Medal. |
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S1c Hadden Joyce was killed in action by an enemy bomb exploded at Vella LaVella on 4 November 1943, while serving with the 58th Naval Construction Battalion. Breiby was buried at Army, Navy, Marine Cemetery, Vella LaVella and reinterred at Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, Manila, Capital District, National Capital Region, Philippines. He was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart, was entitled to the American Defense Service Medal, World War II Victory Medal, and Asiatic–Pacific Campaign Medal. |
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MM1c Philip Judd was killed in action during the invasion of Normandy on 14 June 1944 while serving with the 81st Naval Construction Battalion. He was buried at the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial Colleville-sur-Mer, Departement du Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France. He was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart, was entitled to the American Defense Service Medal, World War II Victory Medal, and European–African–Middle Eastern Campaign Medal. |
Published: Mon Jul 01 13:45:44 EDT 2024
