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on furlough is Pvt. Alver L. Jackson, Jr., son of Alver L. Jackson,
440 Avenida Alegra. who recently completed Class 1 of the 11th
Airborne Division Jump School at Ft. Campbell, Ky, and now wears the
coveted wings of a paratrooper.
Pvt. Jackson is assigned to Company L. of the 508th "Red Devil"
Airborne Regimental Combat Team, one of the most decorated outfits
of World war II.
He is a Palm Beach High School graduate and entered service about eight
months ago.
[The Palm Beach Post, West Palm Beach, FL,
27 Mar 1955, Sun, Page 36]
 Men of this area scheduled to participate in "Exercise Eagle Wing," 101st Airborne Division maneuver at Fort Campbell, Ky., April 16-30, include 1st Lt, Charles D. Fountain, son of Mrs. Irene Fountain, 2113 Cypress Rd., city: Sgt William R. Creel, son of Joseph D. Creel, 514 Park PI., city: Sgt. Alver L. Jackson, Jr., whose father lives at 440 Avenlda Alegra city
... [The Palm Beach Post, West Palm Beach, FL, 13 Apr 1958, Sun, Page 30]
 Commissioned
an Army second lieutenant after graduation from the Infantry Officer
Candidate School, Ft. Benning, Ga., was Alver L. Jackson Jr., whose
father lives at 445 Avenue Alegra. [The Palm Beach Post, West Palm Beach, FL,
7 Mar 1965, Sun, Page 46]
 Completing
a signal officer orientation course at the Southeastern Signal
School, Ft, Gordon, Ga., was 2nd Lt. Alver L. Jackson Jr., whose
parents live at 445 Avenue Alegra. [The Palm Beach Post, West Palm Beach, FL,
2 May 1965, Sun, Page 22]
Alver Lee Jackson Jr., of Warrenville, SC, died
Monday, Aug. 27, 2001.
Mr. Jackson was a native of Johnson County, Georgia,
and was the son of the late Ruby Dell Lawson Jackson. He retired
from the Army with the rank of major, having served for 26 years.
His military service included tours of duty in Korea and Vietnam. He
and his family moved from Naples, Italy to Warrenville 23 years ago.
Survivors include his wife, Nellie Smith Jackson; his
father, Alver Jackson, Sr. of West Palm Beach, Fla.; a son, Alver
Jackson III of Beech Island; two daughters, Karen Herndon of
Warrenville and Tanya Hager of Beech Island; two sisters, Betty
Gargaly of Boca Raton, FL and Sarah Reed of Apple Valley, CA; and
five grandchildren.
Funeral services were held on Thursday, Aug. 30,
2001, at 2 p.m., in the Hatcher Funeral Home chapel; Rev. John Bolin
officiated. Burial followed in Sunset Memory Gardens.
[courtesy of Hatcher Funeral Home, Langley, SC] |
[courtesy of Andrew Strauss]
Grave marker for Alver L.
Jackson, Jr. in Sunset Memory Gardens, Graniteville (Aiken county),
South Carolina.
Alver enlisted in the Army on 6 May 1953 and following completion of
jump school, was assigned to Company L, 508th ARCT. He was one
of the nearly 200 508 ARCT me that re-enlisted when the
regiment wa preparing to leave for Japan in Operation Gyroscope in
1955.
Alver received a commission as a second lieutenant in 1965 and
retired as a Major.
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