Nabors Jr. , Jesse Clarence

Name and Rank, Private First Class Jesse Clarence Nabors Jr.

Unit/Placed in, 2^nd Battalion (F-Comp) 7^th 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