You are here

Jackson "Jack" Doar, Jr.

First Name: 
Jackson Jack
Middle Name: 
Edmund
Last Name: 
Doar, Jr.
Date of Birth: 
11/12/1915
Birthplace: 
Charlotte, NC

Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Parachuted from fighter plane after accident and drowned. Memorial Program given by Hopewell Lions Club Nov 10, 1943. Military funeral on Oct 26, 1943 at Hawthorne Lane Methodist Church, internment at Elmwood Cemetery, Charlotte.

Age at Death: 27

Image Source: Charlotte Observer Oct 21, 1943

Personal Details

Education Details: 
Central High School class of 1934, Charlotte schools, New Kensington, PA high school, graduate
Biographical Notes: 
Hawethorne Lane Methodist Church, Hopewell Lions, July 1940
Family Details: 

Mr. & Mrs. J. B. (Susan O.) Doar - 1322 E 5th St, and 1055 Queens Rd W Charlotte, NC 1st Lt. Jean P. Doar, Army Air Corps; Corp. J Graham Doar, Engineer regiment in Mediterranean; J. Ben Doar, Jr. - Atlanta, GA; Josiah Doar - Baltimore, MD; Julius A. Doar - Charlotte, NC; Mrs. Robert I. Wray - New Kensington, PA Jim Higgins - uncle, Hopewell Lions Club, Josiah Alexander Boone - first cousin

Military Details

Military Rank: 
2nd Lieutenant
Military Unit: 
332nd Fighter Squadron
KIA Date: 
10/19/1943
MIA Date: 
NA
KIA / MIA Place: 
Huntington Beach, CA
Military Details: 
Camp Croft, Spartanburg, SC, medical dept., Camp Lee, VA, Santa Ana, CA, Williams Field, Chandler, AZ
Awards: 
Wings awarded at Chandler, AZ - 7/26/1943
Source: 

Newsprint and family information