[PGR_PA_r5] PFC Willard Jenkins, USA, WWII, KIA, West Scranton, PA, 26 SEP 2018

[mike46chief]

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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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