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| Birth: | 4 APR 1920 in Miller's Fork, Wayne, WV |
| Death: | 15 APR 1945 in Pacific Ocean |
| Sex: | M |
| Father: | Jesse Hubert Chaffin b. 17 MAY 1897 in Blaine, Lawrence, KY |
| Mother: | Ruby Marie Blankenship b. 26 MAR 1899 in Miller's Fork, Wayne, WV |
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Title: Notes
Text:
The World War II Honor Roll
Missing in Action or Buried at Sea
Jesse H. Chaffin
ID: 0-785375
Entered the Service From: West Virginia
Rank: Second Lieutenant, U.S. Army Air Forces
Service: U.S. Army Air Forces, 60th Bomber Squadron, 39th Bomber Group, Very Heavy
Died: Sunday, April 15, 1945
Memorialized at: Honolulu Memorial
Tablets of the Missing at Honolulu Memorial
Honolulu Memorial MIAs 18,096
Location: Honolulu, HI, USA
Awards: Air Medal, Purple Heart
Squadron Dates of Activation Crews
60th 1941-1944; 1944-1945 (VH) 01-20
Original crew 9: B-29 # 44-69907;
1st Lt William J. Southhall, Jr. Airplane Commander
2nd Lt Donald H. Haynes Pilot
F/O Irving A. Cohen Navigator
2nd Lt Jesse H. Chaffin Bombardier
2nd Lt James I. McLatchy Radar
2nd Lt Harold W. Lockwood Flight Engineer
Sgt Maurice G. McCormick Radio Operator
Sgt Joe D. Wilson CFC Gunner
Sgt Frederick D. Langham Right Gunner
Sgt Walter E. Kurasowicz Left Gunner
Sgt Carl R. Larson Tail Gunner
This crew was lost in action on 15 April 1945 mission to Kawasaki Urban Area; their crew's 2nd mission (39th BG's 3rd mission)
B-29 # 44-69907:
Assisgned to Crew: P-09
Departed from: Salina, KS for Guam on Mar 22 1945
60th BS; Southall, A/C; Lost 4/15/45, Kawasaki, 11 MIA MACR #14279
Replacement crew 9: B-29 # 44-61524: "City Of Youngstown"/"The Confederate Soldier"
National Archives & Records Administration
War Department Files
2 LT Jesse H. Chaffin
ID: 0-785375
Branch of Service: U.S. Army
Hometown: Cabell County, WV
Status: FOD
Title: Military Records
Text:
U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946
about Jesse H Chaffin
Name: Jesse H Chaffin
Birth Year: 1920
Race: White, citizen (White)
Nativity State or Country: West Virginia
State: West Virginia
County or City: Cabell
Enlistment Date: 3 Jun 1942
Enlistment State: Kentucky
Enlistment City: Fort Thomas Newport
Branch: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
Branch Code: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
Grade: Private
Grade Code: Private
Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law
Component: Army of the United States - includes the following: Voluntary enlistments effective December 8, 1941 and thereafter; One year enlistments of National Guardsman whose State enlistment expires while in the Federal Service; Officers appointed in the Army of
Source: Civil Life
Education: 4 years of high school
Marital Status: Married
Height: 68
Weight: 187
World War II and Korean Conflict Veterans Interred Overseas:
about Jesse H Chaffin
Name: Jesse H Chaffin
Inducted From: West Virginia
Rank: Second Lieutenant
Combat Organization: 60th Bomber Squadron 39th Bomber
Death Date: 15 Apr 1945
Monument: Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
Last Known Status: Missing
U.S. Awards: Purple Heart Medal
Air Medal
(Source Information:
National Archives and Records Administration. World War II and Korean Conflict Veterans Interred Overseas [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2000. Original data: National Archives and Records Administration. Register, World War II Dead Interred in American Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil and World War II and Korea Missing or Lost or Buried at Sea. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration.)
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- Title: AMERICAN BATTLE MONUMENTS COMMISSION
Author: AMERICAN BATTLE MONUMENTS COMMISSION
Publisher: AMERICAN BATTLE MONUMENTS COMMISSION
Text From Source:
Page: http://www.abmc.gov/
- Title: The 39th Bomb Group (VH) (Guam 1945)
Publisher: http://39th.org/
Text From Source:
Page: http://39th.org/
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