Jack Lewis Padget

Jack Lewis Padget was born on April 24, 1926 in Janesville, IA and died March 1, 1945 in Iwo Jima, Japan.

Jack Lewis Padget entered the United States Marine Corps on January 22, 1944, in Des Moines, IA, served during the World War II era and reached the rank of before being discharged on March 1, 1945 in Iwo Jima, Japan.

Jack Lewis Padget is buried at Oakland in Janesville, Iowa and can be located at 42° 39.349' N 092° 27.475' W

• Killed in Action: Yes
• Wounded in Action: Yes
• Died in Service: Yes

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Newspaper Articles

Casualties

Cedar Falls-Relatives here have received word of the deaths of two Cedar Falls men, Pfc. Frank R. Clark, of the marines, July 24, 1944, at Guam in the Marianas, and Pvt. Arlo Leckbee, who was killed in action in Italy. The photo of Private Clark was incorrectly identified as Marine Pvt. Jack L. Padget of Waterloo in Sunday’s Courier.

“Casualties.” Waterloo Daily Courier (Waterloo, IA), Oct. 23, 1944.