Cleek, Dunmore, Gum, Hill Stephenson, Suit Family - Person Sheet
Cleek, Dunmore, Gum, Hill Stephenson, Suit Family - Person Sheet
Residence1935, Licking, Texas County, MO18570
Census1940, Licking, Texas County, MO18571
MemoKilled in a dirigible crash during WWII
OccupationTeacher18566
EducationUniversity of MO18555
FatherAugust Christian Hesse (1874-1935)
MotherLenora Caroline Pryor (1874-1946)
Military
Jack Hesse Life History 1991:11290
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, 1945.18574
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, 1945.18574