MERRILL'S MARAUDERS Ballard, Jesse Crane

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Ballard ​

• FORENAME

Jesse Crane​

• UNIT

• RANK

Private First Class ​

• NUMBER

32833797 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

2nd August 1944 ​

• AGE

24​

• GRAVESITE

National Memorial Cemetery, Honolulu, Hawaii Plot B Row 0 Grave 204 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from Westchester County, New York​

from Wyoming County, New York (enlistment)​

born 19.10.1919 Mount Vernon, New Jersey, USA​

son of John & Nora R. Ballard​

wife Evelyn L. (nee Anderson) (1924-2017)​

farm hand in civilian life​

employed as farmer by Sylvester Musty, Wales Center, New York​

married upon enlistment​

01.07.1941 draft card East Aurora, Wyoming County, New York (shows D.O.B. 18.10.1919)​

enlisted 16.2.1943 Buffalo, New York​

award Bronze Star​

KIA Myitkyina, Burma ​

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