Collection

Civilians

Civilian personnel and organizations.

Showing 1,801–1,850

Lastname	Firstname	Midname	Organization	Majoroffice	Borndate	Dieddate	Remark
Jaffe	Edwin	M	Merchant Marine			1942-02-21 00:00:00.000	WW II Merchant Marine SS Azalea City as ordinary Seaman K… WW II Merchant Marine SS Azalea City as ordinary Seaman Killed when his ship was sunk
James	Teresa	D	WASP				WW II Women Airforce Service Pilot (WASP)
James	Thomas	Benjamin	Merchant Marine			1942-01-26 00:00:00.000	WW II Merchant Marine SS West Ivis as Messman Killed Janu… WW II Merchant Marine SS West Ivis as Messman Killed January 26 1942 NY
Janczyk	Roman		Merchant Marine			1943-03-09 00:00:00.000	WW II Merchant Marine SS Malantic as Wiper CT
Janeway	Henry	L	American Red Cross ?				WW II HQ, 461st Bomb Group
Janowich	Francis	Michael	Merchant Marine			1943-03-19 00:00:00.000	WW II Merchant Marine as Able Bodied Seaman on William Pier… WW II Merchant Marine as Able Bodied Seaman on William Pierce Frye MA
Jaquay	Maurice	F	Raytheon Corp			1963-04-10 00:00:00.000	Employee of Raytheon Corp On board USS Thresher (SSN-593) w… Employee of Raytheon Corp On board USS Thresher (SSN-593) when it was lost
Jarrett	William	R	Merchant Marine				Korean War Dec 1950, SS Meredith Victory (qv) as Anle-Bodie… Korean War Dec 1950, SS Meredith Victory (qv) as Anle-Bodied Seaman
Jarvis	Lewis	Dewayne	Merchant Marine			1942-05-16 00:00:00.000	WW II SS Ruth Lykes as 1st Engineer Killed May 16 1942 LA
Jee	Tan	See	Merchant Marine			1944-08-28 00:00:00.000	WW II Merchant Marine as Messman on John Barry NY-Kings
Jefferson	Thomas			President of the United States	1743-04-13 00:00:00.000	1826-07-04 00:00:00.000	Graduated William and Mary College 1762 1769, elected to Vi… Graduated William and Mary College 1762 1769, elected to Virginia House of Burgesses Virginia Committee of Correspondence 1775, Continental Congress 1776, author of Declaration of Independence Oct 1776, to Virginia Legislature 1779-1781, Governor of Virginia 1785-89, Minister to France 1789-1798, first U.S. Secretary of State 1797-1801, Vice President of the United States 1801-1809, President of the United States Founder of University of Virginia Died Jul 4 1826, 50th anniversary of signing of Declaration of Independence See Schooner Jefferson (1802), Brig Jefferson, Schooner Jefferson (1833), AP-60/APA-30 (Thomas Jefferson), and SSBN-618 (Thomas Jefferson
Jeffery	Margaret					1945-09-03 00:00:00.000	WW II Died while in service as a civilian NJ
Jeffrey	John	William	Merchant Marine			1943-04-10 00:00:00.000	WW II Merchant Marine as Oiler on Edward B. Dudley OH
Jeffrey	Samueel	L	Merchant Marine			1942-03-15 00:00:00.000	WW II Merchant Marine SS Ario as Fireman/Water Tender Kil… WW II Merchant Marine SS Ario as Fireman/Water Tender Killed when his ship was sunk
Jenkin	John					1942-09-04 00:00:00.000	WW II Died while in service as a civilian MO
Jenkins	Charles	Willey	Merchant Marine		1911-06-25 00:00:00.000	2001-05-03 00:00:00.000	WW II Merchant Marine as Assisant Engineer Buried in WA
Jenkins	Clifford	Roy	Merchant Marine		1917-02-22 00:00:00.000	1999-12-22 00:00:00.000	WW II Buried in CA
Jenkins	John	Franklin	Merchant Marine			1945-01-02 00:00:00.000	WW II Merchant Marine SS Sunoco as Master DE
Jenkins	John	Furman, Jr.	Merchant Marine			1942-05-16 00:00:00.000	WW II Merchant Marine as Able Bodied Seaman on William C. M… WW II Merchant Marine as Able Bodied Seaman on William C. Mc Tarnahan SC
Jenkins	John	Henry	Merchant Marine			1942-06-29 00:00:00.000	WW II Merchant Marine as Chief Cook on Ruth MD-Baltimore
Jenkins	Walter		Merchant Marine			1942-06-12 00:00:00.000	WW II Merchant Marine as Waiter on Sixaola LA
Jennings	Milton	J	Merchant Marine			1943-11-05 00:00:00.000	WW II Merchant Marine Died in service WI
Jennison	Frank	Ellsworth	Merchant Marine			1942-06-23 00:00:00.000	WW II Merchant Marine as Ordinary Seaman on Rawleigh Warner… WW II Merchant Marine as Ordinary Seaman on Rawleigh Warner CO
Jensen	Claude	Leroy	Merchant Marine			1945-10-27 00:00:00.000	WW II Merchant Marine Died in service MN
Jensen	George	A				1943-10-07 00:00:00.000	WW II Died while in service as a civilian CA
Jepperson	Agathon		Merchant Marine			1942-03-29 00:00:00.000	WW II Merchant Marine SS Bateau as A.B. Killed Mar 29 194… WW II Merchant Marine SS Bateau as A.B. Killed Mar 29 1942 RI
Jepsen	Peter	C	Merchant Marine			1944-07-17 00:00:00.000	WW II Merchant Marine SS E. A. Bryan as Chief Engineer Mi… WW II Merchant Marine SS E. A. Bryan as Chief Engineer Missing and presumed dead Jul 17 1944 as result of ammunition explosion aboard neighboring ship SS Quinalt Victory at Port Chicago CA
Jerue	Allie	Hector	Merchant Marine			1942-09-24 00:00:00.000	WW II SS Losmar as Ordinary Seaman Killed Sep 24 1942 PA
Jewell	Hanry					1943-01-10 00:00:00.000	WW II Died while in service as a civilian CA
Jimenez	Roberto	Fablia	Merchant Marine			1942-08-30 00:00:00.000	WW II Merchant Marine SS Wesst Lashaway as Oiler NY-New Y… WW II Merchant Marine SS Wesst Lashaway as Oiler NY-New York
Jimison	Harold	E				1942-12-06 00:00:00.000	WW II Died while in service as a civilian ID
Johansen	Karsten		Merchant Marine			1942-04-06 00:00:00.000	WW II Merchant Marine SS Bienville as Oiler NY
Johanson	John	Bernt	Merchant Marine			1942-10-29 00:00:00.000	WW II Merchant Marine SS Gurney E. Newlin as Wiper TX
Johnsen	Oscar		Merchant Marine			1944-04-18 00:00:00.000	WW II Merchant Marine Died in service IL
Johnson	Alan	R	Merchant Marine		1927-05-18 00:00:00.000	2003-03-20 00:00:00.000	WW II Also served in AF Buried in MI
Johnson	Aleck					1918-09-02 00:00:00.000	WW I - Died while in service as a civilian MI
Johnson	Alex	W				1942-11-09 00:00:00.000	WW II Died while in service as a civilian LA
Johnson	Alfred	Burdick	Merchant Marine			1944-11-23 00:00:00.000	WW II Merchant Marine Died in service IA
Johnson	Alfred	J	Merchant Marine		1925-04-29 00:00:00.000	2008-10-12 00:00:00.000	WW II Also served in Army Buried in ID
Johnson	Ann	R	WASP				WW II Women Airforce Service Pilot (WASP)
Johnson	Axel	Anton	Merchant Marine			1942-08-30 00:00:00.000	WW II Merchant Marine SS West Lashaway as 3rd Engineer NY
Johnson	Booker	Taliaferro	Merchant Marine			1942-05-16 00:00:00.000	WW II Merchant Marine as Cook on Gulfoil FL
Johnson	Charles	?	Merchant Marine			1944-07-17 00:00:00.000	WW II Merchant Marine SS E. A. Bryan as Utility man Missi… WW II Merchant Marine SS E. A. Bryan as Utility man Missing and presumed dead Jul 17 1944 as result of ammunition explosion aboard neighboring ship SS Quinalt Victory at Port Chicago CA Merchant Marine listing shows him as Charles R. Port Chicago book shows him as Charles A
Johnson	Clarence	L		Chief of Lockheed's "Skunk Works"			"Kelly" Founding director of Lockheed Aircraft Corporation'… "Kelly" Founding director of Lockheed Aircraft Corporation's "Skunk Works" aircraft development and production facility in Burbank CA Died in 1990 at about age 80
Johnson	Clifford	R	Merchant Marine			1944-07-17 00:00:00.000	WW II Merchant Marine SS E. A. Bryan as Utility man Missi… WW II Merchant Marine SS E. A. Bryan as Utility man Missing and presumed dead Jul 17 1944 as result of ammunition explosion aboard neighboring ship SS Quinalt Victory at Port Chicago UT
Johnson	Edward	Frederick	Merchant Marine			1942-09-23 00:00:00.000	WW II Merchant Marine as 3rd Mate on Esso Williamsburg NY
Johnson	Ernest	E				1945-04-28 00:00:00.000	WW II Died while in service as a civilan CA ABMC shows hi… WW II Died while in service as a civilan CA ABMC shows his date of death as 28-Apr-05
Johnson	Ernest	Okey	Merchant Marine			1942-03-10 00:00:00.000	WW II Merchant Marine as Oiler on Gulftrade GA
Johnson	Frank	Link, Jr.	Merchant Marine			1943-03-10 00:00:00.000	WW II Merchant Marine as Purser on James Sprunt N
Johnson	Gladden	Nourse	Merchant Marine			1943-03-18 00:00:00.000	WW II Merchant Marine as 3rd Mate on Walter Q. Gresham NY-… WW II Merchant Marine as 3rd Mate on Walter Q. Gresham NY-New York

Background and Sources Collection notes, historical context, and related resources

The civilian persons associated with the various U.S. war efforts and the Defense Department and its predecessor organizations include a wide variety of people. At the top are the Secretaries of the various departments and going from there are people who manned the Merchant Marine, the WASPs (see below), and many others, singly or as members of groups.

The database table behind this page lists some of the civilians who have been involved with the military in some way, including some who have had ships named for them. Quite a few of the Merchant Marines are included.

Significant groups, and sources for them, are as follows.

Merchant Marine

The largest single group of such civilians is probably the Merchant Marine in World War II, about 215,000 men. Of these, over 9,000 lost their lives because of the great danger they faced, primarily from German submarines, and especially in the early months of the war. Another 11,000 were wounded. Of 718 who were taken prisoner of war, only 620 returned. Records of all who served apparently have not survived. At least I haven’t found any sources of them. However, information about those who died in Merchant Marine service may be found at the Merchant Marine site.

Women’s Airforce Service Pilots

Another important but often forgotten group in World War II was the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASPs), 1,074 females who served as ferry pilots to free male pilots for combat duty. 38 of those women pilots died in that service. The names of those women may be found listed at the WASP list.