Brief Life History of Milton A
When Lt. Commander Milton A Jaeger was born in 1920, in Wisconsin, United States, his father, Almon Frank Jaeger, was 30 and his mother, Linda E Drumm, was 27. He lived in Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States in 1930 and Manitowoc, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States in 1940. He registered for military service in 1942. He died on 14 August 1944, in Poigny-la-Forêt, Yvelines, France, at the age of 24, and was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Maple Grove, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States.
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Sources (4)
- Milton Jaeger in household of Almon Jaeger, "United States Census, 1940"
- Milton A Jaeger, "United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946"
- Milton A. Jaeger, "Find A Grave Index"
Parents and Siblings
World Events (8)
1920
The Prohibition Era. Sale and manufacture of alcoholic liquors outlawed. A mushrooming of illegal drinking joints, home-produced alcohol and gangsterism.
1920 · Treaty of Versailles
The Treaty of Versailles was signed in Paris to formally end WWI. It established Peace between the allied forces and set guidelines for Germany.
1927
Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: German Kurt, Hans, Otto, Friedrich, Klaus, Fritz, Armin, Erwin, Helmut, Ralf, Alois, Gerhard.
German (mainly Jäger) and Jewish (Ashkenazic; also Jäger): occupational name for a hunter, from Middle High German jeger(e), Middle Low German jeger(e) (agent derivatives of jagen ‘to hunt’); as a Jewish surname, it is mainly artificial, derived from German Jäger. The surname is also established in Scandinavia (Swedish Jäger; Danish and Norwegian Jæger). Compare Jager 1, Yaeger , and Yeager .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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