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Home Town Taylor, Texas
Last Address Fardjouna Airfield, Tunisia
Date of Passing Jul 27, 1943
Location of Interment Taylor City Cemetery - Taylor, Texas
TSgt. Jett enlisted at Fort Sam Houston, on 18 January 1941.
On July 27, 1943, while at the beach, Tech Sergeant Edsel A. Jett was caught in the undertow and drowned while trying to save another man.
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Source: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=19461332
https://www.ancestry.com
Book: "Red Tails, Black Wings", The Men of America's Black Air Force, by John B. Holway, Yucca Tree Press, 1997, p93.
Book: "A-Train", Memoirs of a Tuskegee Airman, by Lt. Col. Charles W. Dryden (USAF, Ret.), The University of Alabama Press, 1997, p141.
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American Defense Service Medal (1939-1941) - 2003
Name of Award American Defense Service Medal (1939-1941)
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Year Awarded 2003
Last Updated: May 25, 2013
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