Lt. Commander Milton A Jaeger

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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Family Time Line

Almon Frank Jaeger
1890–1958
Linda E Drumm
1893–
Lt. Commander Milton A Jaeger
1920–1944
Helen Mae Jaeger
1923–1987
Donald Edwin Jaeger
1929–1995
Dalton F. Jaeger
1929–2012

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"

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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