Cleek, Dunmore, Gum, Hill, Stephenson, Suit Family - Person Sheet
Cleek, Dunmore, Gum, Hill, Stephenson, Suit Family - Person Sheet
Residence1935, Licking, Texas County, MO18670
Census1940, Licking, Texas County, MO18671
MemoKilled in a dirigible crash during WWII
OccupationTeacher18666
EducationUniversity of MO18655
FatherAugust Christian Hesse (1874-1935)
MotherLenora Caroline Pryor (1874-1946)
Military
Jack Hesse Life History 1991:11376
Dec 7, 1941 came along .. sense of confusion. Uncle Pryor went immediately into the Navy and became a dirigible pilot. He was a very early casualty. Killed in a dirigible crash after guiding the falling ship away from populated areas.
LT. PRYOR HESSE taught in Sullivan, MO schools and then was called into military service in World War II. He was in the U.S. Navy Air Corps, flying blimps in patrol service and was stationed in Santa Anna, CA, where he lost his life on May 3, 1945.18674
Dec 7, 1941 came along .. sense of confusion. Uncle Pryor went immediately into the Navy and became a dirigible pilot. He was a very early casualty. Killed in a dirigible crash after guiding the falling ship away from populated areas.
LT. PRYOR HESSE taught in Sullivan, MO schools and then was called into military service in World War II. He was in the U.S. Navy Air Corps, flying blimps in patrol service and was stationed in Santa Anna, CA, where he lost his life on May 3, 1945.18674