Ira Weil Jeffery

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Jewish Historical Society of the Upper Midwest, 4330 S. Cedar Lake Road, Minneapolis, MN 55416. http://www.jhsum.org/asp_pages/index.asp 1940?

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Ira Jeffery joined the Navy in or about 1940. After training, he was stationed at Pearl Harbor, serving on the battleship California. During the attack on Pearl Harbor, the California was hit by aircraft fire and sank at berth. Ira Jeffery was killed in the attack, the first Jewish soldier to die in WWII. Wiel was posthumously awarded a commendation from the Secretary of the Navy.

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United States
Minnesota
Hennepin
Minneapolis

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