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1910 - 1945 (35 years)
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Name |
Jewel Franklin Flack |
Nickname |
Frank |
Birth |
1910 |
Gender |
Male |
Education |
High School Diploma |
Military Service |
during WW II |
US Navy Chief Warrant Officer |
Residence |
1920 |
Baxterville MS |
In 1920 Census, Flack household w/ Jesse James as head, Saw Boss, Logging Company |
Death |
3 Oct 1945 |
Kodiak Air Station, Kodiak Island AK |
Burial |
Eureka CA |
Person ID |
I6 |
Flack Genealogy |
Last Modified |
20 Dec 2019 |
Wife |
Eleanor Hancina Dillon, b. 12 Oct 1912, Loleta CA d. 27 Nov 2006, Ukiah CA (Age 94 years) |
Marriage |
9 Sep 1936 |
Loleta CA (?) |
Notes |
- JEWEL FRANKLIN FLACK ("FRANK") DIED IN NAVY AIRPLANE CRASH
Kodiak Air Station, AK - 10/3/1945
8 crew members died and 7 survived when a landing was attempted. Plane crashed into the NE slope of Old Woman Mountain, adjacent to the air station.
Frank was USN Radio Electrician's Mate. He was thirty-five years old.
In 1948, Robert Frank Flack, (the son of Frank's brother James M. Flack) was named in Frank's honor.
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Family ID |
F52 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Last Modified |
26 Nov 2019 |
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Documents
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 | 1920 Lamar, MS Census scan 1920 Census scan, listing Jesse James Flack and family, Baxterville Village MS |
 | Jewel Franklin Flack crash report US Navy report on crash on Kodiak Island AK |
 | Jewel Franklin Flack KIA notice
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 | Jewel "Frank" Flack WWII Veterans Memorial (Humbodt County CA)
CLARK MUSEUM
http://wwiimemorialhumboldt.weebly.com/jewell-franklin-flack.html
Jewell Franklin Flack was a U.S. Navy warrant ofAcer during WWII. He was killed in action on October 3, 1945 during a plane crash near Kodiak, Alaska. He was thirty-five years old. His final resting place was in Eureka at Ocean View cemetery. He was survived by his wife Eleanor Flack; his parents, Mr. & Mrs. Jesse James Flack; his siblings, Ruby Sweetman, Ann Heard & Jas. Flack; and his mother-in-law, Hancie Dillon. |
 | James M Flack letter to sister Ann Heard in response to receiving her notes on the 4 siblings reunion 14 Apr - 24 Apr 1988 Letter attaches remembrances on his siblings (Frank, Ruby & Ann) to be included in a collaborative project called "All in A Days Living". Separately, Ann distributed a family history called "Chapters" without these pages.
The hand written notes about their reunion are at the back of the file. |
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