KILLED IN ACTION, 1 December 1943
Re-interred at Rose Hill, July 29, 1949, with Special Military Services
He is not listed among the Oklahoma Killed in Action because he enlisted in California.
World War II
532 AAF BOMB SQ
Staff Sergeant
Oklahoma
B-17 ball turret gunner assigned to 381st BG 532nd BS, killed in action on Dec 1st, 1943, during mission to Leverkusen, flying aboard 42-29506 "Full Boost" VE-A.
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The aircraft was shot down near Cassel, France on the return leg to England from Germany. (Submitted by Anonymous)
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The Oklahoman, Oklahoma City, Wednesday, July 27, 1949, pg 13:
LEON D. JEFFERS MEMORIAL RITE WILL BE FRIDAY--
Reburial for S/Sgt Leon D. Jeffers will be at 2 pm Friday at Smith & Kernke chapel. Interment will be in Rose Hill Cemetery with special military services. Sgt Jeffers was killed December 1, 1943 over the coast of France. He was a gunner in the air corps (US Army Air Forces). A graduate of Paden High School, he attended the University of Oklahoma, Norman. He was 22. His father was the late Boots Jeters, Paden, one-time peace officer of Ofuskee County. His mother also is dead. Suvivors include three sisters, Mrs Lena Stuart, 532 Showalter, Midwest City, Mrs George Routes, Okmulgee, and Mrs Charles Gray, Richmond, CA; and two brothers, Burt Jeffers, 2718? S. Phillips, and Calvin V. Jeffers, Okmulgee.
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1940: Cadet, US Army ROTC at the University of Oklahoma
(HQ Battery, First Battalion, Second Field Artillery)
1941: Roofer for Consolidate Aircraft Corp. in San Diego, CA
14 September 1942: World War II enlistment, US Army at Los Angeles, CA, single
Re-interred at Rose Hill, July 29, 1949, with Special Military Services
He is not listed among the Oklahoma Killed in Action because he enlisted in California.
World War II
532 AAF BOMB SQ
Staff Sergeant
Oklahoma
B-17 ball turret gunner assigned to 381st BG 532nd BS, killed in action on Dec 1st, 1943, during mission to Leverkusen, flying aboard 42-29506 "Full Boost" VE-A.
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The aircraft was shot down near Cassel, France on the return leg to England from Germany. (Submitted by Anonymous)
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The Oklahoman, Oklahoma City, Wednesday, July 27, 1949, pg 13:
LEON D. JEFFERS MEMORIAL RITE WILL BE FRIDAY--
Reburial for S/Sgt Leon D. Jeffers will be at 2 pm Friday at Smith & Kernke chapel. Interment will be in Rose Hill Cemetery with special military services. Sgt Jeffers was killed December 1, 1943 over the coast of France. He was a gunner in the air corps (US Army Air Forces). A graduate of Paden High School, he attended the University of Oklahoma, Norman. He was 22. His father was the late Boots Jeters, Paden, one-time peace officer of Ofuskee County. His mother also is dead. Suvivors include three sisters, Mrs Lena Stuart, 532 Showalter, Midwest City, Mrs George Routes, Okmulgee, and Mrs Charles Gray, Richmond, CA; and two brothers, Burt Jeffers, 2718? S. Phillips, and Calvin V. Jeffers, Okmulgee.
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1940: Cadet, US Army ROTC at the University of Oklahoma
(HQ Battery, First Battalion, Second Field Artillery)
1941: Roofer for Consolidate Aircraft Corp. in San Diego, CA
14 September 1942: World War II enlistment, US Army at Los Angeles, CA, single
KILLED IN ACTION, 1 December 1943
Re-interred at Rose Hill, July 29, 1949, with Special Military Services
He is not listed among the Oklahoma Killed in Action because he enlisted in California.
World War II
532 AAF BOMB SQ
Staff Sergeant
Oklahoma
B-17 ball turret gunner assigned to 381st BG 532nd BS, killed in action on Dec 1st, 1943, during mission to Leverkusen, flying aboard 42-29506 "Full Boost" VE-A.
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The aircraft was shot down near Cassel, France on the return leg to England from Germany. (Submitted by Anonymous)
----------------
The Oklahoman, Oklahoma City, Wednesday, July 27, 1949, pg 13:
LEON D. JEFFERS MEMORIAL RITE WILL BE FRIDAY--
Reburial for S/Sgt Leon D. Jeffers will be at 2 pm Friday at Smith & Kernke chapel. Interment will be in Rose Hill Cemetery with special military services. Sgt Jeffers was killed December 1, 1943 over the coast of France. He was a gunner in the air corps (US Army Air Forces). A graduate of Paden High School, he attended the University of Oklahoma, Norman. He was 22. His father was the late Boots Jeters, Paden, one-time peace officer of Ofuskee County. His mother also is dead. Suvivors include three sisters, Mrs Lena Stuart, 532 Showalter, Midwest City, Mrs George Routes, Okmulgee, and Mrs Charles Gray, Richmond, CA; and two brothers, Burt Jeffers, 2718? S. Phillips, and Calvin V. Jeffers, Okmulgee.
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1940: Cadet, US Army ROTC at the University of Oklahoma
(HQ Battery, First Battalion, Second Field Artillery)
1941: Roofer for Consolidate Aircraft Corp. in San Diego, CA
14 September 1942: World War II enlistment, US Army at Los Angeles, CA, single
Re-interred at Rose Hill, July 29, 1949, with Special Military Services
He is not listed among the Oklahoma Killed in Action because he enlisted in California.
World War II
532 AAF BOMB SQ
Staff Sergeant
Oklahoma
B-17 ball turret gunner assigned to 381st BG 532nd BS, killed in action on Dec 1st, 1943, during mission to Leverkusen, flying aboard 42-29506 "Full Boost" VE-A.
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The aircraft was shot down near Cassel, France on the return leg to England from Germany. (Submitted by Anonymous)
----------------
The Oklahoman, Oklahoma City, Wednesday, July 27, 1949, pg 13:
LEON D. JEFFERS MEMORIAL RITE WILL BE FRIDAY--
Reburial for S/Sgt Leon D. Jeffers will be at 2 pm Friday at Smith & Kernke chapel. Interment will be in Rose Hill Cemetery with special military services. Sgt Jeffers was killed December 1, 1943 over the coast of France. He was a gunner in the air corps (US Army Air Forces). A graduate of Paden High School, he attended the University of Oklahoma, Norman. He was 22. His father was the late Boots Jeters, Paden, one-time peace officer of Ofuskee County. His mother also is dead. Suvivors include three sisters, Mrs Lena Stuart, 532 Showalter, Midwest City, Mrs George Routes, Okmulgee, and Mrs Charles Gray, Richmond, CA; and two brothers, Burt Jeffers, 2718? S. Phillips, and Calvin V. Jeffers, Okmulgee.
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1940: Cadet, US Army ROTC at the University of Oklahoma
(HQ Battery, First Battalion, Second Field Artillery)
1941: Roofer for Consolidate Aircraft Corp. in San Diego, CA
14 September 1942: World War II enlistment, US Army at Los Angeles, CA, single
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