. The history and achievements of the Fort Scheridan officers' training camps . BORN MAY 5. 1896DIED APRIL 26. 1918 102 THE FORT SHERIDAN ASSOCIATION SECOND LIEUTENANT ROLAND JACKSON Company G, 30th Infantry, Third Division. Killed in action near Chateau Thierry on June 6, 1918. imr 2nd Lt. ROLAND JACKSON. LV BORN JANUARY 4, 1893DIED JUNE 6, 1918 Lieutenant Jackson was born in Colo-rado Springs, Colo., on January 4, 1 a public school education he enteredHarvard University, graduating in 1915,after specializing in languages. He wasappointed to the position of secretary ofthe American
. The history and achievements of the Fort Scheridan officers' training camps . BORN MAY 5. 1896DIED APRIL 26. 1918 102 THE FORT SHERIDAN ASSOCIATION SECOND LIEUTENANT ROLAND JACKSON Company G, 30th Infantry, Third Division. Killed in action near Chateau Thierry on June 6, 1918. imr 2nd Lt. ROLAND JACKSON. LV BORN JANUARY 4, 1893DIED JUNE 6, 1918 Lieutenant Jackson was born in Colo-rado Springs, Colo., on January 4, 1 a public school education he enteredHarvard University, graduating in 1915,after specializing in languages. He wasappointed to the position of secretary ofthe American Embassy at Madrid, Spain,after leaving college. Upon the outbreakof war he resigned and was admitted tothe Second Officers Training Camp atFort Sheridan, w^here he was assigned tothe 1st Company. Upon receipt of hiscommission Lieutenant Jackson wras or-dered overseas, sailing on January 4,1918, as a casual officer. Upon arrival inFrance he was assigned for further studyin American and British schools and, uponcompletion of the courses, ordered to the30th Infantry, with which regiment he andthree other officers of Company G metinstant death by the bursting of a highexplosive shell during the ChateauThierry battle. He was unmarried. Heis survived by his parents, Mr. and S. Jackson, Sr., o
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