SERGEANT JOHN D. BANCROFT JR, 20104287 KIA

SERGEANT JOHN D, BANCROFT, JR, 20104287 US KIA ARMY. Sergeant Bancroft attended the Greenleaf School and the Haverhill Trade School. He was employed by the Haverhill Bradford Hat Corporation and was in the CCC before enlisting in the Army. He joined Company A, 182nd Infantry, America! Division National Guard, in 1939. Then this unit entered the federal service, he went with it, sailing for Australia on January 23, 1942. From there his company went to New Caledonia, where he was stationed until November, 1942, when his unit was sent to Guadalcanal. On November 20, 1942, five days after landing, Sergeant Bancroft was killed by a sniper's bullet. He is buried in a military cemetery at Henderson Field on Guadalcanal. He leaves his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John D. Bancroft, 24 Byron St., two sisters, and a brother.

SERGEANT JOHN D. BANCROFT JR, 20104287 KIA US ARMY. Sergeant Bancroft attended the Greenleaf School and the Haverhill Trade School. He was employed by the Haverhill Bradford Hat Corporation and was in the CCC before enlisting in the Army. He joined Company A, 182nd Infantry, 23rd Infantry Division “America Division” National Guard, in 1939. Then this unit entered the federal service, he went with it, sailing for Australia on January 23, 1942. From there his company went to New Caledonia, where he was stationed until November, 1942, when his unit was sent to Guadalcanal. On November 20, 1942, five days after landing, Sergeant Bancroft was killed by a sniper’s bullet. He is buried in a military cemetery at Henderson Field on Guadalcanal. He leaves his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John D. Bancroft, 24 Byron St., two sisters, and a brother.

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