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Personal info

Full name
JENKINS, Malcolm W
Date of birth
7 December 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Anderson County, Kentucky
Hometown
Bullitt County, Kentucky

Military service

Service number
35476395
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
290th Infantry Regiment,
75th Infantry Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
29 December 1944
Place of death
Southeast of Hotton, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
G 6 60

Immediate family

Members
Ullie Jenkins (father)
Ollie Jenkins (mother)
Irvin Jenkins (brother)
Alma Jenkins (sister)
Eugene Jenkins (brother)
Otis Jenkins (brother)
Lucille Jenkins (sister)
J. W. Jenkins (brother)

More information

Sgt Malcolm W. Jenkins enlisted in Louisville, Kentucky on 9 April 1942.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Fosse, Belgium.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, http://75thdivisiondad.com/kia_roster.htm#2, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / Jenkins Family Tree / 1930 Census

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Des Philippet