LT John Edmund “Jack” Thelen Veteran

Birth: 13 Nov 1922
Schenectady, Schenectady County, New York, USA
Death: 28 May 1944 (aged 21)
Majuro, Marshall Islands
Burial: Saint Joseph's Cemetery

Schenectady, Schenectady County, New York, USA Show Map GPS-Latitude: 42.7789681, Longitude: -73.9071236
Plot: Section F
Memorial ID: 226599738 View Source

2nd Lt. John E. "Jack" Thelen served in the US Marine Corps with VMF-111. Returning to Majuro in the Marshall Islands from a mission to Mille Island, Lt. Thelen's F4U-1 Corsair collided with another F4U-1 flown by Capt. Albert M. Blackmon. Both men were killed and only 2nd Lt. Thelen's body was recovered.

Read more about Lt. Thelen at his Fold3 Memorial: https://www.fold3.com/page/653616105/john-edmund-thelen-1922-1944

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Lt. John E. Thelen USMC
Born Nov. 13, 1922
Died May 28, 1944
Serving His Country
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Created by: Donna Esposito
Added: May 7, 2021
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Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/226599738/john_edmund-thelen: accessed ), memorial page for LT John Edmund “Jack” Thelen (13 Nov 1922–28 May 1944), Find a Grave Memorial ID 226599738, citing Saint Joseph's Cemetery, Schenectady, Schenectady County, New York, USA; Maintained by Donna Esposito (contributor 49840286).

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