Jesse worked at a field hospital in rural England. He was in charge of supplies. He was flown over as he was needed quickly. He was friends with Joe Smeraldi from New York, New York who was an Italian American, who is also deceased. Jesse died of a massive heart attack on March 15, 1974. He was married to Josephine Deister Scheib (deceased). He was drafted in Dodge City, Kansas where he was employed as a bookkeeper-accountant, a field he went back to after the service.