- SURNAME
Fondren
- FORENAME
Jake Duff
- UNIT
1 Marine Parachute Bn (Company A)
- RANK
Private First Class
- NUMBER
303202
- DATE OF DEATH
7th August 1942
- AGE
25
- GRAVESITE
National Memorial Cemetery, Honolulu, Hawaii Plot N Grave 37
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
from Jackson, Mississippi
born 5.5.1917, Jackson, Mississippi, USA
father Ethel Horace Fondren (1891-1964)
mother Buanna Marie (nee Taylor) Fondren (1897-1996)
wife Mrs. Jack D. Fondren, 363 Glendale Street, Jackson, Mississippi
13.01.1941 entered service
KIA Gavutu, Solomon Islands
DATE OF DEATH:
07-Aug-1942FINDAGRAVE:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/3774798/jake-duff-fondrenSERVICE HISTORY:
FONDREN, Jake D, PFC SN: 303202
Born: 05 May 1917 Jackson, Mississippi
Enlisted USMC: 13 Jan 1941 DHS, Birmingham, AL (Home of Record: 363 Glendale Street, Jackson, MS)
Died: 07 Aug 1942 (KIA, Gavutu-Tanambogo, British Solomon Islands)
Interred: National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, HI (Section N, Grave 371)
Headquarters, Southern Recruiting Division, New Orleans, LA
Jan 1941 Pvt, SRD, New Orleans, LA “13Jan41; 13, Acc & enl at DHS Birmingham, Ala.; 13, To MB, Parris Island, S.C.”
Recruit Depot Detachment, Recruit Depot, Marine Barracks, Parris Island, SC
Jan 1941 Pvt, RecDepDet, RDep, MB, Parris Island, SC “13Jan41; 7, Jdfr SRD, Birmingham, Ala.”
Hq & Hq Company, Recruit Depot, Marine Barracks, Parris Island, SC
Apr 1941 Pvt, Hq&HqCo, RD, MB, Parris Island, SC “13Jan41; Recruit Instructor”
Jul 1941 PFC, Hq&HqCo, RD, MB, Parris Island, SC “Recruit Instructor”
Marine Barracks, Naval Air Station, Lakehurst, New Jersey
Oct 1941 PFC, MB, NAS, Lakehurst, N.J. “1-16, spl 1cl parachutist under instn, parachute det; 17, qualified as parachutist; 18, to Co”B”, 1stParaBn. FMD, FMF, MB, New River, NC”
A Company, 1st Marine Parachute Battalion, 1st Marine Division, FMF, MB, New River, NC
Oct 1941 PFC, A Co, 1stParaBn, DivSplTrs, 1stMarDiv, FMF, MB, New River, NC ”13Jan41; 19, jdfr MB, NAS, Lakehurst, NJ; Para”
Jan 1942 PFC, A Co, 1stParaBn, DivSplTrs, 1stMarDiv, FMF, MB, New River, NC ”Para; 1-3, fur.”
Apr 1942 PFC, A Co, 1stParaBn, DivSplTrs, 1stMarDiv, FMF, MB, New River, NC ”Para”
A Company, 1st Marine Parachute Battalion, 1st Marine Division, FMF, In the Field
Jul 1942 PFC, A Co, 1st ParaBn, 1st MarDiv, FMF, In the Field (At Sea) “Para”
Aug 1942 PFC, A Co, 1st ParaBn, 1st MarDiv, FMF, In the Field (Gavutu-Tanambogo, Solomon Islands)
Born: 05 May 1917 Jackson, Mississippi
Enlisted USMC: 13 Jan 1941 DHS, Birmingham, AL (Home of Record: 363 Glendale Street, Jackson, MS)
Died: 07 Aug 1942 (KIA, Gavutu-Tanambogo, British Solomon Islands)
Interred: National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, HI (Section N, Grave 371)
Headquarters, Southern Recruiting Division, New Orleans, LA
Jan 1941 Pvt, SRD, New Orleans, LA “13Jan41; 13, Acc & enl at DHS Birmingham, Ala.; 13, To MB, Parris Island, S.C.”
Recruit Depot Detachment, Recruit Depot, Marine Barracks, Parris Island, SC
Jan 1941 Pvt, RecDepDet, RDep, MB, Parris Island, SC “13Jan41; 7, Jdfr SRD, Birmingham, Ala.”
Hq & Hq Company, Recruit Depot, Marine Barracks, Parris Island, SC
Apr 1941 Pvt, Hq&HqCo, RD, MB, Parris Island, SC “13Jan41; Recruit Instructor”
Jul 1941 PFC, Hq&HqCo, RD, MB, Parris Island, SC “Recruit Instructor”
Marine Barracks, Naval Air Station, Lakehurst, New Jersey
Oct 1941 PFC, MB, NAS, Lakehurst, N.J. “1-16, spl 1cl parachutist under instn, parachute det; 17, qualified as parachutist; 18, to Co”B”, 1stParaBn. FMD, FMF, MB, New River, NC”
A Company, 1st Marine Parachute Battalion, 1st Marine Division, FMF, MB, New River, NC
Oct 1941 PFC, A Co, 1stParaBn, DivSplTrs, 1stMarDiv, FMF, MB, New River, NC ”13Jan41; 19, jdfr MB, NAS, Lakehurst, NJ; Para”
Jan 1942 PFC, A Co, 1stParaBn, DivSplTrs, 1stMarDiv, FMF, MB, New River, NC ”Para; 1-3, fur.”
Apr 1942 PFC, A Co, 1stParaBn, DivSplTrs, 1stMarDiv, FMF, MB, New River, NC ”Para”
A Company, 1st Marine Parachute Battalion, 1st Marine Division, FMF, In the Field
Jul 1942 PFC, A Co, 1st ParaBn, 1st MarDiv, FMF, In the Field (At Sea) “Para”
Aug 1942 PFC, A Co, 1st ParaBn, 1st MarDiv, FMF, In the Field (Gavutu-Tanambogo, Solomon Islands)
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