2nd Lt. David Ward St. Jean
Born: 20 September 1922
Parents: Oscar E. St. Jean & Grace Ward-St. Jean
Siblings: 1 sister
Nickname: Ward
Home:
– 1809 South Twelfth Avenue – Maywood, Illinois
Education:
– Garfield School
– Proviso Township High School
– Class of 1940
– The University of Chicago
– in school when he registered for the draft
Employed: Liberty Mutual Insurance Company – Chicago, Illinois
Selective Service Registration: 26 June 1942
Contact Person: O. E. St. Jean – father
Inducted:
– February 1943
Serial Number: O&831010
Training:
– Maxwell Army Airfield, Alabama – August 1943
– aviation cadet
– University of Tennessee
– Stuttgart Army Airfield, Stuttgart, Arkansas
– commissioned: Second Lieutenant – 1 June 1944
Unit: 39th Squadron, 317th Troop Carrier Group, 5th Air Force
– Nickname: Jungle Skippers
Engagements:
– Battle of the Philippines
Killed in Action:
– 27 April 1945
– at 1500 feet his C-47 was rammed by Japanese plane resulting in the plane’s tail being cut off
Buried:
– American Military Cemetery – Manila, Philippine Islands
– Plot: F Row: 10 Grave: 103
Medals:
– Purple Heart
