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Jack Staples 1924–1944 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 21 Apr 1924

Birth Location: Pratt, Pratt, Kansas, United States

Death Date: 9 May 1944

Death Location: the South Pacific while a radioman on a combat mission out of Midway Island

Father: John Staples

Mother: Edith Sandburg

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In 1924, Jack Staples entered the world in Pratt, Pratt, Kansas, United States, born to John Wesley Staples And Edith Mable Helena Sandburg. Jack Staples passed away in 1944 in the South Pacific while a radioman on a combat mission out of Midway Island.

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Biography

  • In 1924, Jack Staples entered the world in Pratt, Pratt, Kansas, United States, born to John Wesley Staples And Edith Mable Helena Sandburg.
  • Jack Staples passed away in 1944 in the South Pacific while a radioman on a combat mission out of Midway Island.

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Jack Staples's Ancestors

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Jack Staples
1924–1944
Birth Place: Pratt, Pratt, Kansas, United States
Parents
John Wesley Staples
1885–1968
Pratt, Pratt, Kansas, United States
Edith (Mable Helena) Sandburg
1885–1972
Elliott, Ford, Illinois, United States
Grandparents
Charles (John) Sandburg
1856–1946
Lommaryd, Jönköpings Län, Sweden
Ellen (Augusta) Peterson
1860–1945
Lommaryd, Jönköpings Län, Sweden
Great-Grandparents
Adolph Peterson
1831–1911
Anna Sandberg
1829–1895
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Nils Jansson
1792–1852
Magdalena Pettersdotter
1798–1891

Jack Staples's Timeline

2 Records

1924
21 Apr 1924
Birth of Jack Staples in Pratt, Pratt, Kansas, United States
Pratt, Pratt, Kansas, United States
1944
9 May 1944
Age 20
Death of Jack Staples in the South Pacific while a radioman on a combat mission out of Midway Island
the South Pacific while a radioman on a combat mission out of Midway Island

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 21 Apr 1924
    Event Place: Pratt, Pratt, Kansas, United States

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 9 May 1944
    Event Place: the South Pacific while a radioman on a combat mission out of Midway Island
    Record Source: Death note, Jack went missing on 9 May 1944 at Midway in the Pacific Ocean along with his fellow 8 members on the plane. Declared dead a year later on May 10, 1945 by the government in Washington D.C.

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