Jay Zeamer Jr. (1918 - 2007)

Born 25 Jul 1918 in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, United States

Ancestors

Died 22 Mar 2007 at age 88 in Boothbay Harbor, Lincoln, Maine, United States

Biography

Jay Zeamer Jr. was awarded the Medal of Honor.

Jay Zeamer Jr. was awarded the Purple Heart.

Jay Zeamer Jr. was awarded the Silver Star Medal.

Lt. Col. Jay Zeamer, Jr. Born July 25, 1918 Carlisle, Pennsylvania Died March 22, 2007 (aged 88) Boothbay Harbor, Maine Buried at Arlington Cemetery. ^[1]

Jay married Barbara Ferner in 1949.^[2]

Medals

Medal of Honor

Silver Star with oak leaf cluster

Distinguished Flying Cross with oak leaf cluster

Purple Heart

Air Medal with oak leaf cluster

American Defense Service Medal

American Campaign Medal

Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal

World War II Victory Medal

See:

• the free-space page for The Eager Beavers unit
• YouTube - Jay Zeamer, Medal of Honor, WWII

Sources

1. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 18 March 2022), memorial page for Jay Zeamer Jr. (25 Jul 1918–22 Mar 2007), Find A Grave: Memorial #18566264, citing Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, USA ; Maintained by Find a Grave .
2. ↑ "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:DXZ6-1KZM : 30 December 2021), Barbara Gayle Ferner in entry for Jay Zeamer, 1949.

See also:

• Wikidata: Item Q6167375, en:Wikipedia
• Jay Zimmer, pilot of the Old 666
• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Medal_Of_Honor_Recipients_of_Maine
• "United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8LJ-9GB : accessed 1 May 2016), Jay Jr Zeamer, enlisted 02 Aug 1940, Newark, New Jersey, United States; citing "Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938-1946," database, The National Archives: Access to Archival Databases (AAD) (http://aad.archives.gov : National Archives and Records Administration, 2002); NARA NAID 126323, National Archives at College Park, Maryland.
• "Maine Deaths, 1956-1997," database, Maine Genealogy (http://www.mainegenealogy.net/individual_death_record.asp?id=505790 : accessed 27 July 2017), entry for Jay ZEAMER, 22 March 2007, citing Maine Vital Records.
• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFYS-194 : accessed 27 July 2017), Jay Zeamer Jr. in household of Elizabeth Herman, Silver Spring, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, United States; citing ED 39, sheet 18A, line 8, family 343, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1557; FHL microfilm 1,821,557.
• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X46Q-S2L : accessed 27 July 2017), Jay Zeamer Jr. in household of Jay Zeamer, Orange, Essex, New Jersey, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 578, sheet 8B, line 54, family 182, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1343; FHL microfilm 2,341,078.