Laird, Jay R.
Navy Ship’s cook 3rd class

Jay R. Laird, age 21, from Buchanan County Jesup, Iowa .

Parents: Alice B. Laird

Service era: World War II

Date of death: Sunday, March 1, 1942
Death details: Killed aboard the USS Houston when the ship was attacked traveling from Batavia to Java.

Source: National Arvhies, USSHouston.org, The Courier (1946)