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Personal info

Full name
JENKINS, Sesco
Date of birth
13 September 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Cabell County, West Virginia
Hometown
Cabell County, West Virginia

Military service

Service number
35449214
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
331st Infantry Regiment,
83rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 January 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Courtil-Bovigny, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
A 18 20

Immediate family

Members
Alexander Jenkins (father)
Maude Jenkins (mother)
Russell Jenkins (brother)
Jenvie Jenkins (sister)
Mabel Jenkins (sister)
Mary Jenkins (sister)
Willie Jenkins (brother)
Irene Jenkins (sister)
Charles Jenkins (brother)
Susie (Black) Jenkins (wife)
Calvin S. Jenkins (son)

More information

Pfc Sesco Jenkins worked on a farm.

He enlisted in Huntington, West Virginia on 13 October 1942.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, Carla Mans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.ancestry.com