Jacob,
a native of Norway, arrived in New York City on 1 June 1937 with his
father aboard the SS Bergensfjord which had sailed from Kristiansand,
Norway on 22 May 1937.
Although not yet a US. citizen, Jacob enlisted in the
Army at Fort Dix, NJ on 2 September 1941.
Eighteen months later, while assigned to Company E,
A.F.S. Fort Knox, Jacob submitted a Petition For Naturalization and took
the Oath of Renunciation and Allegiance on 22 January 1943.
Jacob Abrahamsen passed away on 11 May 2002 and is
buried in the Brig. Gen. Wm. C. Doyle Veterans Memorial Cemetery,
Wrightstown (Burlington county), New Jersey. |