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Personal info

Full name
JERNIGAN, Robert Mason
Date of birth
20 May 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Brewton, Escambia County, Alabama
Hometown
Brewton, Escambia County, Alabama

Military service

Service number
34165995
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
G Company,
2nd Battalion,
22nd Infantry Regiment,
4th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
1 December 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Gey-Stras, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
B 15 18

Immediate family

Members
Henry Jernigan (father)
Annie Jernigan (mother)
Iva L. Jernigan (twin sister)
Leon Jernigan (brother)
Cora L. Jernigan (sister)
Herbert Jernigan (brother)
Doris Jernigan (sister)
Luvenia J. (Wilson) Jernigan (wife)
Donald L. Jernigan (son)

More information

S/Sgt Robert M. Jernigan enlisted at Fort McClellan, Alabama on 16 January 1942.

He was wounded in July 1944 by a booby trap. He was treated for this wound to his leg and able to return to duty.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments,

Source of information: Terry Hirsch, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / WWII Military Dead and Wounded / 1930 Census

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Remembering Alabama Fallen Facebook, 1 December 2025