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Personal info

Full name
JENNINGS, Thomas S
Date of birth
1918
Age
unknown
Place of birth
New York
Hometown
Monroe County, New York

Military service

Service number
32135449
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
51st Armored Infantry Battalion,
4th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
24 September 1944
Place of death
Near Fresnes-en-Saulnois, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
G 8 21

Immediate family

Members
Patrick F. Jennings (father)
Mary M. (Deane) Jennings (mother)
Edward P. Jennings (brother)
Margaret M. Jennings (sister)
Walter Jennings (brother)
Richard F. Jennings (brother)
Robert P. Jennings (brother)
Frederick J. Jennings (brother)

More information

Pfc Thomas S. Jennings graduated from De Sales High School in 1938 and attended Mechanics Institute in Rochester.

He enlisted in Buffalo, New York on 8 July 1941.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Saint James, France.

His brother, Seaman Robert Paul Jennings, was also killed in action when the cruiser Quincy sank off the Solomon Islands. He is memorialized at Manila American Cemetery in Manila, Philippines.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record, AAR 51s AIB August 44 thru May 1945, www.newspapers.com - Democrat and Chronicle

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Dan Phelan