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​                     Part 21/47 of the Pottawattamie Area World War II Dead Roster, 14 "Ja-Je" records
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  † Jackson, Bryon Earl, SN 37-490-342, US Army, Montgomery Co.
  • b. 14 Dec 1922 Villisca, Montgomery Co.; s/o John G. Jackson (b. Grant City, Montgomery Co.) & Elizabeth E. Butman (b. Mt. Etna, Adams Co.).
  • entered service 15 Feb 1944 from Villisca, Montgomery Co.; service credited to Montgomery Co.; buried Villisca Cem.
  • field artillery, unit unknown; DNB 10 Aug 1945 Dulag Bay, Leyte, Philippines; accidental drowning.
  • WWII Japan > The Pacific Base Areas

† Jackson, Robert Woods, SN 316-62-42, US Navy, Mills Co.
  • b. 21 Dec 1921 Glenwood, Mills Co.; s/o Marion D. Jackson (b. Glenwood, Mills Co.) & Eula F. Woods (b. Warren Co., IL; d. 1924).
  • entered service 26 Dec 1939 from rural Glenwood, Mills Co.; next of kin father, Mr. Marion Dean Jackson, Glenwood, IA; body not recovered; memorialized Courts of the Missing, Manila American Cem., Luzon, Philippines; cenotaph Glenwood Cem., Mills Co.
  • battleship USS Arizona (BB-39); during the 7 Dec 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Oahu Is., Hawaii Territory, the Arizona was hit by several aerial bombs; exploded and sank; 1,177 died; KIA 7 Dec 1941.
  • Military Note: the sunken Arizona settled in shallow water and remains today as a memorial.
  • WWII Japan > Japan Lashes Out > Pearl Harbor

† Janss, Alfred Henry, SN T-131-842, US Army Air Force, Cass Co.
  • b. 4 Feb 1925 Atlantic, Cass Co.; s/o Henry J. Janss (b. Schleswig-Holstein) & Louise W. Kreinhopf (b. Germany).
  • entered service 7 Jun 1943 from Star Rt., Atlantic, Cass Co.; service credited to Cass Co.; buried Atlantic Cem.
  • 788th Bomb. Sqdn., 467th Bomb Gp., Eighth Air Force, based at Rackheath, NE of Norwich, Norwalk, England; Consolidated/Ford B-24H Liberator #42-52546 Southern Clipper navigator with pilot William E. Shinn; KIA 18 Mar 1945 over Berlin, Germany; aircraft hit by flak over target, four died from crew of ten.
  • WWII Germany > The ETO > ETO Air War > Eighth Air Force

† Jenkins, Clair Raymond, SN 321-46-48, US Navy, Cass Co.
  • b. 22 Aug 1921 Ridgeway, Harrison Co., MO; s/o Earl L. Jenkins (b. Red Oak, Montgomery Co.) & Hazel A. Johnson (b. Harrison Co., MO); parents divorced 1924; father married Lela P. Fish 1924; raised by father & stepmother; family moved to Oakland, Pott. Co. about 1925 and to Atlantic, Cass Co. about 1930.
  • entered service 4 Sep 1940 from Atlantic, Cass Co.; next of kin father, Mr. Earl Roy Jenkins, 403 Spruce St., Atlantic, IA; body not recovered; memorialized Walls of the Missing, Manila American Cem., Luzon, Philippines.
  • heavy cruiser USS San Francisco (CA-38); KIA 13 Nov 1942 Ironbottom Sound, north of Guadalcanal, Solomon Is.; San Francisco hit by multiple Japanese shells, ship survived; about 100 died.
  • WWII Japan > Solomon Islands > Guadalcanal Naval War @ First Naval Battle of Guadalcanal

† Jensen, Arthur Orville, SN 37-117-909, US Army Air Force, Pott. Co.
  • b. 19 Apr 1919 rural Honey Creek, Boomer Twp., Pott. Co.; s/o Martin M. Jensen (b. Boomer Twp.) & Agnes K. Junker (b. Lake Co., IL); family moved to Garner Twp. in early 1920s and later to Co. Bluffs.
  • RAC Family History Note: Arthur Orville Jensen was born on a farm my father later owned and was my father's second cousin.
  • entered service 16 Mar 1942 from Co. Bluffs; service credited to Pott. Co.; buried Cedar Lawn Cem., Co. Bluffs.
  • 54th Troop Carrier Sqdn., Eleventh Air Force, based at Elmendorf AFB, Anchorage, Alaska Territory; Douglas C-47-DL Skytrain/Dakota #41-38635 radio operator; DNB 28 Nov 1942, near Lake Iliamna, Alaska; aircraft hit hillside in heavy winds returning to base, all eight died.
  • Military Note: The aircraft dead included Col. Everett Davis, first commander of the Eleventh Air Force.
  • WWII Japan > North Pacific > Alaska

† Jensen, Carl Christian, SN 6-863-492, US Army, Audubon & Pott. Cos.
  • b. 14 Nov 1918 Guthrie Center, Guthrie Co.; s/o Nels J. Jensen (b. Denmark) & Myrtle Grear (b. Missouri); family lived in various Audubon Co. locations, moving to Indianapolis, Marion Co., IN after 1940.
  • entered service 8 Jun 1937 from Rt. 4, Audubon, Audubon Co.; reenlisted 8 Jun 1940 at Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, TX; service credited to Pott. Co.; buried Sicily-Rome American Cem., Nettuno, Lazio, Italy.
  • Co. F, 18th Inf. Regt., 1st Inf. Div., II Corps, Seventh Army; KIA 4 Aug 1943 near Troina, central Sicily, Italy.
  • WWII Germany > The MTO > Sicily to Naples > Sicily @ Battle of Troina

† Jensen, Charles Eugene, SN 361,395, US Marine Corps, Pott. Co.
  • b. 26 Oct 1919 Co. Bluffs; s/o James C. Jensen & Anna Jensen, both b. Co. Bluffs.
  • entered service 19 Jan 1942 from Co. Bluffs; next of kin father, Mr. James C. Jensen, 629 4th St., Council Bluffs, IA; buried Cedar Lawn Cem., Co. Bluffs.
  • Co. C, 2nd Amphibian Tractor Bn., 2nd Marine Div.; KIA 16 Jun 1944 Saipan, Mariana Is.
  • Military Note: posthumous Silver Star.
  • WWII Japan > Central Pacific > Mariana Islands @ Battle of Saipan

† Jensen, Eldon Elmer, SN 887,825, US Marine Corps, Audubon Co.
  • b. 29 Jun 1921 Brayton, Oakfield Twp., Audubon Co.; s/o Lawrence A. Jensen Sr (b. Audubon Co.). & Dorthea M. Madsen (b. Cass Co.).
  • entered service 3 Sep 1943 from Audubon, Audubon Co.; next of kin mother, Mrs. Dorothea M. Jensen, Rt. 1, Hamlin, IA; buried Exira, Audubon Co.
  • Co. K, 4th Marine Regt., 1st Provisional Marine Brigade, III Amphibious Corps; WIA on first day of Guam invasion 21 Jul 1944 near Agat, Southern Landing Area, Guam, Mariana Is.; DOW 23 Jul 1944.
  • WWII Japan > Central Pacific > Mariana Islands @ Battle of Guam

† Jensen, Herluf Valdemar, SN 848-30-51, US Navy, Audubon Co.
  • b. 23 Nov 1910 Kimballton, Audubon Co. s/o Anders Jensen (b. Denmark; d. 1916) & Anne Simonsen (b. Kimballton, Audubon Co.).
  • entered service 1 May 1942 from Kimballton, Audubon Co.; next of kin mother, Mrs. Anne Jensen, Kimballton, IA; body not recovered; memorialized Walls of the Missing, Manila American Cem., Luzon, Philippines.
  • 6th Naval Construction Bn. (Seabees), based near Henderson Field, Guadalcanal, Solomon Is.; KIA 16 Oct 1942 off Lunga Pt., Guadalcanal; a 17-man detail was unloading gasoline from the seaplane tender USS McFarland (AVD-14) onto a pontoon barge when the McFarland was attacked by nine Japanese dive bombers; nine seabees died from a direct hit on the barge; the McFarland also suffered damage & casualties during the attack.
  • WWII Japan > Solomon Islands > Guadalcanal Naval War

† Jensen, Waldo Chris, SN 6-567-485, US Army Air Force, Shelby Co.
  • b. 12 Dec 1908 Riverton Twp., rural Spencer, Clay Co., IA; s/o Christen "Chris" Jensen & Olga M. Traholt Christensen, both b. Denmark; family moved to Shelby Co. before 1910.
  • married Julia Loretta Dyar in Harlan 1935, one child.
  • entered service about 1927; service credited to Clark Co., OH; buried Fort Leavenworth Natl. Cem., Leavenworth Co., KS.
  • 33rd Bomb. Sqdn., 27th Bomb. Gp., transferred from Langley Field, VA to Modoc/Edwards Air Base, CA in Dec 1941; Martin B-26 Marauder #40-1475 ground crew chief with pilot Frank Kobal; d. 30 Dec 1941 over San Bernardino Mts., San Bernardino Co., CA.  
  • Notes: Jensen's squadron was transferring to March Field, Riverside, CA after a training exercise over the Mohave Desert; encountering poor visibility over the mountains, the formation spread out to avoid in-air collisions; #40-1475 hit a tree on Keller Peak near Snow Valley and crashed; the six air crew and three ground crew all died.

​† Jensen, Wayne Eugene, SN 0-770-293, US Army Air Force, Audubon Co.
  • b. 21 Dec 1921 near Audubon, Douglas Twp., Audubon Co.; s/o Simon L. "Lawrence" Jensen (b. near Audubon, Audubon Co.) & Anna C. Thygesen (b. near Massena, Adams Co.).
  • entered service 19 Feb 1943 from Audubon, Audubon Co.; service credited to Audubon Co.; buried Keokuk Natl. Cem., Lee Co.
  • 416th Night Fighter Sqdn., 62nd Fighter Wing, based near Pisa, Tuscany, Italy; DNB 9 Mar 1945 near Vada, Pisa area; de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito #MM766 pilot; other crew member survived.
  • WWII Germany > The MTO > MTO Air War

† Jentoft, Harold Thomas, SN 321-59-68, US Navy, Montgomery Co.
  • b. 27 May 1912 Red Oak, Montgomery Co., IA; s/o Martin E. Nilsen Jentoft (b. Norway) & Harriett B. "Hattie" Foster (b. Hamilton Co., NE); family lived in Red Oak except for a brief period around 1935 in Creston, Union Co.
  • worked in Alaska & Washington State about 1940.
  • entered service 6 Feb 1941 from Red Oak, Montgomery Co.; next of kin parents , Mr. and Mrs. Martin Edward Jentoft, 206 Nichols St., Red Oak, IA; body not recovered; memorialized Courts of the Missing, Natl. Mem. Cem. of the Pacific., Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii.
  • escort carrier USS Liscome Bay (CVE-56), Task Force 52; KIA 24 Nov 1943 near Makin Atoll, Gilbert Is.; Japanese submarine I-175 sank Liscome Bay during the US Tarawa/Makin invasion; 702 died, 272 survived.
  • WWII Japan > Naval War with Japan > Third & Fifth Fleets @ Sinking of Liscome Bay

​† ​Jessen, Fred Nelsen, SN O42591, US Marine Corps, Audubon Co.
  • b. 19 Aug 1924 Exira, Audubon Co.; s/o Peter A. Jessen (b. Hamlin, Audubon Co.) & Helena Nelsen (b. Exira, Audubon Co.).
  • 1943 graduate Kemper Military School, Boonville, MO;; married Velma I. Putbrese of Sac City.
  • entered Marine Corps 14 Feb 1944; buried Exira Cem., Audubon Co.
  • Co. F., 29th Marine Regt., 6th Marine Div.; KIA 8 Jun 1945 Okinawa, Ryukyu Is., Japan.
  • WWII Japan > Iwo Jima & Okinawa > Land Battle of Okinawa

† Jester, Milan Edgar, SN 37-126-889, US Army, Marshall Co., KS & Cass Co.
  • b. 12 Sep 1921 Marysville, Marshall Co., KS; s/o Stephen E. Jester (b. Marshall Co., KS) & Clara M. Eickman (b. Republic Co.,KS).
  • worked in Atlantic, Cass Co. before entering service.
  • unknown service entry data; service credited to Cass Co.; buried Fort Leavenworth Natl. Cem., Leavenworth Co., KS.
  • ​22nd Inf. Regt., 4th Inf. Div., V Corps, First Army; KIA 15 Sep 1944 near German border NE of St. Vith, Belgium.
  • WWII Germany > The ETO > Rhineland, Fall 1944 > V Corps at the West Wall
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