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Personal info

Full name
JENKINS, Stevenson Drexel
Date of birth
7 September 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Byron, Fulton County, Arkansas
Hometown
Byron, Fulton County, Arkansas

Military service

Service number
38599792
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
424th Infantry Regiment,
106th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
21 December 1944
Place of death
Bracht, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
E 2 57

Immediate family

Members
Hubert Jenkins (father)
Ora P. Harris (mother)
Waldo Jenkins (brother)
Johnie Jenkins (sister)
Leslie Jenkins (sister)
Ray Vaugn Jenkins (brother)
Anna F. Jenkins (sister)

More information

Pfc Stevenson D. Jenkins enlisted in Little Rock, Arkansas on 18 November 1943.

He received his basic training at Camp Fannin, Texas and had further training at Camp Breckenridge, Kentucky, Camp Butner, North Carolina and Camp Atterbury, Indiana, from which point he left for an eastern port of embarkation, the later part of October 1944, arriving in England in November. Almost immediately he landed in France, going on to the Belgium front with his unit.

He was killed by small arms fire in the head.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, The Altamont News 22 March 1945, http://106thinfdivassn.org

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, The Altamont News 14 June 1945