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Personal info

Full name
JENKINS, John W
Date of birth
1919
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Pennsylvania
Hometown
Wayne County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36110549
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
157th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
13 September 1944
Place of death
Near Grammont, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 12 32

More information

S/Sgt John W. Jenkins attended high school for 3 years before he enlisted in Detroit, Michigan on 15 April 1941.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Saint-Juan, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record, http://www.45thdivision.org
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy