Name and Rank, Private First Class Jesse Clarence Nabors Jr.
Unit/Placed in, 2nd Battalion (F-Comp) 7th Marines. United States Marine Corps.
Jesse was born approx. on 1924 in Chickasaw, Missisippi.
Father, Jesse C. Nabors Sr.
Mother, Mamie (King) Nabors.
Sisters, Mary V., Delores, Sara, Mary F. and Bruda Nabors.
Brothers, Clarence, Hubert, Johnnie and Reginald Nabors.
Jesse entered the service from Mississippi with service number # 906041.
Jesse Nabors Jr. was a Private First Class/Soldier in the United States Marine Corps.
Jesse died of his wounds received during the landings on Peleliu on 18 Sep. 1944, and he is honored with the Purple Heart with a Gold Star, Combat Action Ribbon, Marine Corps Good Conduct Medal, Marine Corps Expeditionary Medal, American Campaign Medal, Navy & Marine Presidential Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.
Jesse is buried at Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, Manila, Metro Manila,
National Capital Region, Philippines.
Thanks to
Jean Louis Vijgen, ww2-Pacific.com and ww2-europe.com.
Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.
ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov
Marines Info, https://missingmarines.com/ Geoffrey Roecker
Seabees History Bob Smith https://seabeehf.org/
Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org
POW Info, http://www.mansell.com Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.
Philippine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/ Robert Capistrano
National Historian
Navy Seal Memorial, http://www.navysealmemorials.com
Family Info, https://www.familysearch.org
Info, https://www.pacificwrecks.com/
Medals Info, https://www.honorstates.org
Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com
Tank Destroyers, http://www.bensavelkoul.nl/