Jesse Marcel Jr.

Jesse Marcel Jr. is the son of the first military officer on the scene of the Roswell UFO crash of 1947. His father, Jesse Marcel Sr., reported bringing home parts of the wreckage the he and his son examined and played around with. This wreckage included a piece of metal that when balled up or it's shape was changed it would expand back to it's original form.

Jesse Marcel Jr.'s pre-med undergraduate work was accomplished at Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana and he attended LSU School of Medicine at New Orleans, Louisiana graduating July of 1961 earning a degree in medicine.

He joined the US Navy in 1962 and was assigned to the USS Renville (APA 227) and shortly there after participated in the Cuban Missile Crisis attached to combat units as member of ship's company. The Renville then sailed for West Pac and then to the South East Pacific Area where he participated in combat training in case of enemy attack on the ship. After the West Pac tour, Jesse completed his specialty training in Otolaryngology at the Naval Hospital, San Diego, California. He retired from the Navy in July of 1971 and entered private practice in Helena, Montana. He joined the Montana Army National Guard in 1973, went through helicopter flight training as a flight surgeon at Ft. Rucker, Alabama earning his wings in 1981. He was appointed State Surgeon of the State of Montana and retired from the military the second time in August of 1996. The Iraqi war required his being called back to active duty in October of 2004 shortly after my 68th birthday. He served as a flight surgeon for the 189th Attack Helicopter Battalion flying 225 hrs of combat while in country being discharged again from active duty in December of 2005 to the Ready Reserve.

Jesse is currently employed as a specialist in Otolaryngology at the Veterans Administration Hospital, Ft. Harrison, Montana.