Jack William Guard (1916 - 1991)

Born 27 Nov 1916 in Clear Creek, Box Elder, Utah, United States [uncertain]

Ancestors

Died 7 Apr 1991 at age 74 in Somerton, Arizona, United States

Biography

Private Jack Guard served in the United States Army in World War II
Service started: 16 May 1942
Unit(s):
Service ended:

Jack was born to Henry O. and Rose Ellen Smith Guard, in Clear Creek, Box Elder County, Utah, on November 27, 1916.^[1][2]

Jack had at least eight siblings. During the U.S. Census of 1930, he was found living, in Rupert, Idaho, at age 13, with his parents, and the following siblings: Jane (born in Idaho, ca. 1912), Delores (born in Utah, ca. 1916), Glenn (born in Utah, ca. 1918), Bert (born in Idaho, ca. 1920), Ross (born in Idaho, ca. 1921)(born in Idaho, ca. 1921), Warren (born in Idaho, ca. 1923), Marie (born in Idaho, ca. 1926), and Florence (born in Idaho, ca. 1928).^[2]

Jack may have lived, as a bachelor, in Montana.^[3]

Jack enlisted in the U.S. Army, in Los Angeles, California, on May 16, 1942.^[4]

Jack died in Somerton, Arizona, on April 7, 1991.^[1]

Research Notes

Jack's obituary doesn't specify which county he was born in, and there are three Clear Creeks, in three different counties, in Utah. I am guessing that he was born in Box Elder County, because his mother's mother, Josefina Bernhardina Beckman Smith, had settled in that county.Vaughan-3997 13:27, 8 November 2019 (UTC)

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "Idaho, Southern Counties Obituaries, 1943-2013," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVS8-FRYV : 17 March 2018), Jack William Guard, 1991; citing Obituary, Idaho, United States, Blackfoot Idaho Family History Center, Idaho.[1]
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH6M-MJ1 : accessed 13 November 2019), Jack Guard in household of Henry Guard, Rupert, Minidoka, Idaho, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 10, sheet 4B, line 53, family 77, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 402; FHL microfilm 2,340,137.[2]
3. ↑ United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VBQD-WTL : 27 July 2019), Jack Guard, Ward 6, Butte, Election Precinct 34, Silver Bow, Montana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 47-29, sheet 7A, line 19, family 358, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 2230.[3]
4. ↑ "United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8BC-6RR : 5 December 2014), Jack W Guard, enlisted 16 May 1942, Los Angeles, California, 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 1263923, National Archives at College Park, Maryland.[4]