2nd Lt. David Ward St. Jean

Born: 20 September 1922

Home Town:

    - Maywood, Illinois

Education:

    - Garfield School

    - Proviso Township High School

        - Class of 1940

    - University of Chicago

        - left after two years

Inducted:

    - February 1943

Training: 

    - Maxwell Army Airfield, Alabama

    - University of Tennessee

    - Stuttgard Army Airfield, Arkansas

Unit: 39th Squadron, 317th Troop Carrier Group, 5th Air Force

    - Nickname: Jungle Skippers

Engagements:

    - Battle of the Philippines

Killed in Action:

    - 27 April 1945

        - at 1500 feet his C-47 was rammed by Japanese plane resulting in the plane's tail being cut off 

Buried: 

    - American Military Cemetery - Manila

        - Plot: F  Row: 10  Grave:  103

Medals: 

    - Purple Heart