[PGR_PA_r4] PFC Willard Jenkins, USA, WWII, KIA, West Scranton, PA, 26 SEP 2018

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*PFC Willard Jenkins*
*USA, WWII, KIA*
*West Scranton, PA*
*26 Sep 2018*

The family of PFC Willard Jenkins, has requested the Patriot Guard Riders
to help them honor their brother and uncle. In September 1944, PFC Jenkins
was a member of Company C, 307th Airborne Engineer Battalion (307th AEB),
82nd Airborne Division near Nijmegen, Netherlands. On Sept. 20, 1944, while
participating in Operation Market Garden, the 504th Parachute Infantry
Regiment (PIR) was ordered to cross the Waal River to make an amphibious
attack on the bridges. Using borrowed British assault boats, members of the
PIR crowded into boats with members of Jenkins’ battalion. According to
historical reports, Jenkins operated the rudder of one of the boats, and
was wounded in the chest before falling overboard. Because the area
downstream of the river was controlled by enemy forces, a search could not
be conducted. Jenkins was declared missing in action on Sept. 20, 1944. He
was accounted for on July 3, 2018.
PFC Jenkins’ name is recorded on the Tablets of the Missing at the
Netherlands American Cemetery, an American Battle Monuments Commission site
in Margraten, Netherlands, along with the other MIAs from WWII. Although
interred as an "unknown", his grave was meticulously cared for over the
past 70 years by the American Battle Monuments Commission. A rosette will
be placed next to his name to indicate he has been accounted for. PFC
Jenkins is a true American Hero and it is our honor to escort and to stand
for him.



*    MEMORIAL SERVICE:  26 Sep 18 11:00 HRS*
    Edward J Chomko Funeral Home
    262 Railroad Ave
    Scranton, PA 18505
    https://goo.gl/maps/BWdEYrNxwjJ2

    Staging 10:15 HRS at the funeral home

    *ESCORT AND INTERMENT**:  26 Sep 18 Following service*
    Abington Hills Cemetery
    800 Morgan Highway
    South Abington Twp, PA 18411
    https://goo.gl/maps/7URwypsCVSB2


*RCIC: *
Mike Vogt
mike46chief at gmail.com <pgrpa.asc.east at gmail.com>
570-854-2012
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