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198 Yale University Obituary Record
uncles); Joseph C Jackson, Jr., '87 S. (uncle); Percy Hamilton Goodsell,
Jr, '34, and Schuyler Watts, '34 (cousins).
Kent (Conn ) School. Oration appointment Senior year, Freshman
Track Team; University Track Squad Sophomore year and Team Junior
year; University 150-pound Football Squad Sophomore and Junior years;
member Pierson College (nonresident Senior year), Fence Club, Ehhu,
and Christ Church (Episcopal), New Haven
Married July 26, 1941, in East Hampton, N.Y., Mary Esther Krech
(Sarah Lawrence Coll. 1940-41), daughter of Shepard Krech, '13, and
Mary Stevens (Chapin) Krech, and sister of Shepard Krech, Jr, '41, and
M Chapin Krech, '42 Daughters: Mary Stevens and Barbara Seymour.
Enlisted as a private, Army Air Forces, July 3, 1942; reported for active
duty at Fort Devens January 15, 1943; aviation cadet Nashville, Tenn;
received further training at Keesler Field, Armament School (Buckley
Field), Lowry Field, and Salina, Kans.; went overseas in April, 1944;
central fire-control gunner on a B-29 Superfortress, 792d Squadron, 468th
Bomb Group, 20th Air Force, China-Burma-India Theatre; participated
in several bombing missions.
Staff Sergeant Jackson lost his life returning from a raid over Mukden,
Manchuria Survived by wife, daughters, parents, three sisters, Rose J.
Sheppard (Vassar Coll. ^-'38), the wife of John W Sheppard, '32, Katharine Jackson (diploma Sarah Lawrence Coll 1939) of New Haven, and
Harriet J Ely (diploma Sarah Lawrence Coll. 1939), the wife of John I
Ely, '35, four brothers, Richard S. Jackson, '34, John H. Jackson, '34,
Henry W. Jackson, cat-'36, and Lionel S. Jackson, ex-yy, and maternal
grandmother
James Stewart McDermott, B.A. 1942.
Born February 15, 1921, in Tope\a, Kans.
Died March 2, 1945, on Iwo Jima.
Father, George Thomas McDermott (Ph B. Univ. Chicago 1908, J.D.
1910), judge 10th Judicial Circuit, US. Circuit Court, Topeka, son of
James and Tirzah (Henderson) McDermott of Winfield, Kans. Mother,
Katharine (Stewart) McDermott (Washburn Coll. ex-iy)\ daughter of
James Harvey and Kate (Martin) Stewart of Wichita, Kans
Topeka High School. Scholar of the second rank Freshman and Junior
years; high oration appointment Senior year; Freshman Swimming
Squad; member Timothy Dwight College (football team Sophomore year;
Senior aide) and Phi Beta Kappa Member Grace Cathedral (Episcopal),
Topeka Unmarried
Enlisted in U S Marine Corps Reserve March 5, 1942; enrolled in Candidates Class, Quantico, May-July, and Reserve Officers Class July 18-Sep-
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| Title | Yb 65, Obituary Records of Graduates of Yale University Deceased During the Years 1940-1945 |
| Creator | Yale University |
| Place of Publication | New Haven, Connecticut (Conn.) |
| Date | 1940-1945 |
| Call Number | Yb 65 |
| Language | English |
| Subject | Yale University -- Biography |
| Type | Periodical |
| Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/3036259 |
| Repository | Manuscripts and Archives |
| Repository URL | http://www.library.yale.edu/mssa |
| Series | Bulletin of Yale University |
| Title | Page 198 |
| Transcript | 198 Yale University Obituary Record uncles); Joseph C Jackson, Jr., '87 S. (uncle); Percy Hamilton Goodsell, Jr, '34, and Schuyler Watts, '34 (cousins). Kent (Conn ) School. Oration appointment Senior year, Freshman Track Team; University Track Squad Sophomore year and Team Junior year; University 150-pound Football Squad Sophomore and Junior years; member Pierson College (nonresident Senior year), Fence Club, Ehhu, and Christ Church (Episcopal), New Haven Married July 26, 1941, in East Hampton, N.Y., Mary Esther Krech (Sarah Lawrence Coll. 1940-41), daughter of Shepard Krech, '13, and Mary Stevens (Chapin) Krech, and sister of Shepard Krech, Jr, '41, and M Chapin Krech, '42 Daughters: Mary Stevens and Barbara Seymour. Enlisted as a private, Army Air Forces, July 3, 1942; reported for active duty at Fort Devens January 15, 1943; aviation cadet Nashville, Tenn; received further training at Keesler Field, Armament School (Buckley Field), Lowry Field, and Salina, Kans.; went overseas in April, 1944; central fire-control gunner on a B-29 Superfortress, 792d Squadron, 468th Bomb Group, 20th Air Force, China-Burma-India Theatre; participated in several bombing missions. Staff Sergeant Jackson lost his life returning from a raid over Mukden, Manchuria Survived by wife, daughters, parents, three sisters, Rose J. Sheppard (Vassar Coll. ^-'38), the wife of John W Sheppard, '32, Katharine Jackson (diploma Sarah Lawrence Coll 1939) of New Haven, and Harriet J Ely (diploma Sarah Lawrence Coll. 1939), the wife of John I Ely, '35, four brothers, Richard S. Jackson, '34, John H. Jackson, '34, Henry W. Jackson, cat-'36, and Lionel S. Jackson, ex-yy, and maternal grandmother James Stewart McDermott, B.A. 1942. Born February 15, 1921, in Tope\a, Kans. Died March 2, 1945, on Iwo Jima. Father, George Thomas McDermott (Ph B. Univ. Chicago 1908, J.D. 1910), judge 10th Judicial Circuit, US. Circuit Court, Topeka, son of James and Tirzah (Henderson) McDermott of Winfield, Kans. Mother, Katharine (Stewart) McDermott (Washburn Coll. ex-iy)\ daughter of James Harvey and Kate (Martin) Stewart of Wichita, Kans Topeka High School. Scholar of the second rank Freshman and Junior years; high oration appointment Senior year; Freshman Swimming Squad; member Timothy Dwight College (football team Sophomore year; Senior aide) and Phi Beta Kappa Member Grace Cathedral (Episcopal), Topeka Unmarried Enlisted in U S Marine Corps Reserve March 5, 1942; enrolled in Candidates Class, Quantico, May-July, and Reserve Officers Class July 18-Sep- l |