Lucky Bag Yearbook

From the 1951 Lucky Bag:

Jerome Carroll Stuart

“She’s gotta have class” . . . born in Parris Island . . . must be a Marine . . . “Baldness is a sign of virility, I’m mucho virile, that’s all the Dago I know.” . . . next to fencing comes tennis and swimming in the summer months … a varsity fencer . . . just give me a beer, the post, and a nice soft rack . . . “Wanta buy some pajamas?” . . . “Gotta shine these shoes” . . . everybody’s friend . . . and always there to help out . . . will try until he gets the answer . . . determined . . . deliberate . . . never gets enough sleep except on weekends when the girl with class isn’t around.

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He was also captain of the fencing team.

Loss

Jerome was killed in action by a landmine on April 24, 1952 while on patrol in Korea.

Other Information

From Find A Grave:

Jerry Stuart graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1951. He was a champion fencer (foil), an admired dancer (often compared to Fred Astaire), a beloved son, brother, and friend to his Naval Academy classmates.

Jerry “Jake” Stuart was killed instantly by shrapnel from a land mine while a young Lieutenant on patrol in Korea. A heart-wrenching loss to all who loved him.

He was a dedicated Marine like his father, Lieutenant General James A. Stuart of the Bougainville Campaign of WWII.

He was the Uncle that I never knew, but proudly carry his name. Jerome C. Stuart II

He graduated with his brother, Thomas, who also fenced, also served in the Marines, and was wounded in Korea two weeks earlier.

From researcher Kathy Franz:

In December 1950, Jerome and Thomas were ushers at the wedding of Ensign Samuel Franklin Powel, III, (‘50) in Pensacola. Other ushers from the Class of 1950 were: Kendall Gedney, Wiley Greer, Burton Weymouth, Donald Jarrell, Edmund T. Wooldridge, and Eugene Wisenbaker.

The brothers’ father, General James A. Stuart, was a Naval Academy graduate, Class of 1922. Their other brother James, Jr., graduated from West Point and was with the 187th airborne regiment.

All the men were outstanding swordsmen. Jerome was captain of the Naval Academy’s team in 1951, and Thomas won the eastern intercollegiate and NCAA championships in 1950. James was on West Point’s fencing team for three years. Their father participated in the 1924 Olympics as a member of the U. S. fencing team.

He is buried in the Naval Academy cemetery.

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