Lieutenant Howard F Jersild
Lieutenant Howard F Jersild
This information on Lieutenant Howard F Jersild was furnished to me by his
Grandson, Howard F Jersild, II.
Lieutenant Jersild was killed in action by a Japanese kamikaze plane near Leyte
in the South Pacific, while serving as Gunnery Officer of a Navy Armed Guard
crew on the SS Alcoa Pioneer.
He was survived by a young wife and three small children.
Picture below is Howard Jersild when he tried to become the youngest sailor in the US Navy
Story below goes with the above picture
Picture below is Lieutenant Howard Jersild
Picture below is the SS Alcoa Pioneer
