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Jerome D. Salinger

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Jerome D. Salinger
Jerome D. Salinger
Personal details
Birth nameJ. D. Salinger
Born1919
Died2010
Military service
Allegiance United States
Branch United States Army
ASN32325200
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Jerome D. Salinger (1919–2010) was a United States Army soldier associated with Camp Ritchie, Maryland.

Biography

Jerome D. Salinger — CIC Short Course; Novelist, "The Catcher in the Rye". Summary from a Notable Ritchie Boys slide (source).

Research notes

  • 207th CIC
  • J. D. Salinger: A Life
  • CIC Short Course
  • Novelist, "The Catcher in the Rye"
  • Portrait and summary from Notable Ritchie Boys slides (source).

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Technical record

Field Imported value
Approx Age at Death 91
row_source demographics

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)