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World War II

Joseph A. Des Jardins Jr.

(Dec. 1, 1944) -- Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Des Jardins,  formerly of 318 Park Avenue, this town, have been notified by the War Department that their son Pfc. Joseph A. Des Jardins Jr., 19, of the 313th Field Artillery Battalion was killed Nov. 5 in France when an ammunition dump exploded.

Besides his parents, he leaves three brothers, Donald, Richard and Edgar.

 

A longer biography appears in
NUTLEY SONS HONOR ROLL Remembering the Men Who Paid for Our Freedom

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From The Nutley Sun

Dec. 1, 1944

EXPLOSION KILLS FORMER LOCAL BOY

American Legion Post 70 Memorial

National World War II Memorial

World War II Honor List of Dead and Missing,
State of New Jersey, War Dept. June 1946

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