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Personal info

Full name
JENKINS, Frank H
Date of birth
4 September 1910
Age
34
Place of birth
Eminence Township, Shannon County, Missouri
Hometown
Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri

Military service

Service number
37516430
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
Half-Track Driver
Unit
A Company,
49th Armored Infantry Battalion,
8th Armored Division,
1st Platoon
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
8 April 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Blumenthal, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
H 16 1

Immediate family

Members
Clay Jenkins (father)
Amanda "Lizzy" Jenkins (mother)
Vibert A. Jenkins (brother)
Mildred Jenkins (sister)
Annie A. Jenkins (sister)
George B. Jenkins (twin brother)
Mamie D. Jenkins (sister)
Blanche E. (Korsnes) Jenkins (wife)
Sonja Jenkins (daughter)
Clayton L. Jenkins (son)
Wanda Jenkins (daughter)

More information

T/5 Frank H. Jenkins was employed by Ford Motor Company. He was also a Christian Lay Minister prior to entering the service but lacked written credentials to serve in the Chaplains Corps.

He was killed by a sniper.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.8th-armored.org, www.ancestry.com - 1900/1920/1925/1940 Census / Lankford Family Tree / Marriage Record, http://www.legion.org - Nancy Jenkins (great niece)

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, The Kansas City Star 29 April 1945