Salinger, Jerome D. (32325200)

Jerome D. Salinger
Personal details
Birth name	J. D. Salinger
Born	1919 New York City
Died	2010
Military service
Allegiance	United States
Branch	United States Army
ASN	32325200
Rank	Sergeant

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Jerome D. Salinger (1919–2010) was a United States Army soldier associated with Camp Ritchie, Maryland.

Biography

In June 1936, Jerome graduated from Valley Forge Military Academy. In December 1941, Worked for short period as an entertainer on the MS Kungsholm in the. He in 1999, Paul Alexander published “J. Salinger: A Life”, published in 2011, noted that Salinger was stationed at Fort Holabird, MD between Oct. He kenneth Slawenski, who wrote the “definitive” biography “J. He returned to Fort Holabird. He joined the 12th Infantry Regiment of the 4th Infantry Division where he received additional CIC training. During the time between his arrival in Britain and D-day, Salinger completed six chapters of a novel about a character very much like his own teenage self. To judge by letters and short stories he wrote at about this time, the experience of war had a traumatic effect on him. He (Information derived mainly from published biographies and Internet sources).

Research notes

• 207th CIC
• J. D. Salinger: A Life
• CIC Short Course
• Novelist, "The Catcher in the Rye"

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Technical record

Field	Imported value
Approx Age at Death	91
row_source	demographics

Timeline

• Born 1 January 1919 in New York City.
• 3 October 1943 — Transferred to the Counter Intelligence Corps at Fort Holabird, MD.
• 15 November 1943 — Started 2-week Counter Intelligence Course (B-6) at Camp Ritchie.
• On Nov. 15, 1943 Special Order 274 Para. 9 assigned Cpl Jerome D. Salinger ASN 32325200 to Company G where he completed Special Class B-6 on Nov 26, 1943. He was released from duty at Camp Ritchie on Nov. 28, 1943.
• Assigned to 207th CIC Detachment attached to 4th Infantry Division.
• Joined 4th Infantry Division.
• Returned to Fort Holabird.

Sources

• Camp Ritchie Museum, Inc. (The Ritchie History Museum), Classes 1–31 roster data
• Dan Gross research spreadsheets, including original Excel timeline/roster work, combined with other research and records
• NARA World War II Army enlistment records (where a NARA ASN is present)
• 1940 U.S. Census (where a census match is present)
• Dan Gross, Timeline of Jerome D. Salinger for Camp Ritchie (private research document; 2 source documents reviewed)
• Dan Gross, Timeline of Salinger, Jerome D. for Camp Ritchie (private research files; selected non-private narrative findings; 2 source files: J. D. SALINGER.doc, J. D. SALINGER.docx.doc)