James Alan (Jay) Whitworth was born Dec. 31, 1925 and was killed on November 20, 1943. He had probably enlisted in the Marine Corps during 1942 or early 1943. The family was told that he was mowed down as he stepped onto the island by Japanese fire from a pillbox and probably did not get off a shot. His Father, Joseph Michael Whitworth, was murdered in Kilgore, TX. in 1936 when James was only eleven years old. James's brother, Joseph Michael Jr., was in a Naval Construction unit, "Seabees", at the same time. Sometime after the war a monument had been erected in his hometown which only recently was vandalized and left laying stuck in the mud.
We are proud of them both.
Barbara Loden
Email - Jonathan.E.Stevens@wheaton.edu
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Created 23 December 2001
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