Mincher, Jay B.

Jay B. Mincher

US Air Force

1953-1961

Staff Sergeant Jay B. Mincher served in the United States Air Force during the Korean War.  He was also stationed in Guam and South Dakota.  He served from 1953 to 1961.

Jay was born in 1933.  He was brought up in the Town of Halfmoon and graduated from Waterford Fordian School. He worked for the A & P Warehouse and the Shenendehowa Central School District as a bus driver and Superintendent of Transportation until his retirement.

Jay and his wife had a son and daughter and later moved to Idaho to be near them.  Jay was the son of the late George Mincher, Sr. and Louise Mincher.

Jay passed away in 2014 at the age of 81.