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CPL Clarence Henry Jump

1 Apr 1892 – 2 Jun 1941

Birth1 Apr 1892
Death2 Jun 1941
Added byAndrew on 14 Apr 2021
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Clarence Henry Jump was born in Unionville, Missouri, on April 1st 1892. He received a 3rd grade education in school and was farming in Decatur, Nebraska, during the 1917 draft registration. Clarence denied any deferments from military service, and appears to have been drafted into the US Army in late 1917. He was soon assigned as a Private to Company "A" of the 341st Machine Gun Battalion, 89th Division, and sailed overseas aboard the transport vessel Tennyson on June 4th 1918. Clarence would have been quickly sent to the front following a period of overseas training, and likely participated at The Battle of Saint Mihiel, in the Euvezin and Lucey Sectors, and throughout the Meuse-Argonne Offensive. In total the 89th Division spent 82 days at the front and sustained more than 7,000 casualties. Clarence appears to have survived the war unharmed, and was promoted to Corporal while overseas. This photograph depicts him and Pvt. Parker in Bleialf, Germany, during the Rhineland Occupation. (I have been unable to differentiate which man is Clarence, but suspect the standing gentleman man might be him as he appears older) Cpl. Jump returned to the United States aboard the USS Leviathan on May 22nd 1919 and was honorably discharged on June 2nd. His service number was 2180272. Clarence later lived in Sioux City, IA, and married several times throughout the 1920's. He spent time in prison during the 1930's for an unspecified crime, and committed suicide on June 2nd 1941 by jumping from the Douglas Street Bridge in Omaha, Nebraska. A passing taxi cab driver attempted to talk him down, but the effort was unsuccessful. Clarence's decomposing body was found downriver two weeks later, and am unaware what was done with the remains.

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