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Jenkins, Willard "Bud"

Date of birth:
February 25th, 1917 (Scranton/Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, the United States of America)
Date of death:
September 20th, 1944 (Nijmegen/Gelderland province, the Netherlands)
Service number:
33346254
Nationality:
American

Biography

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Private 1st Class
Unit:
Company C, 307th Airborne Engineer Battalion, 82nd Airborne Division "All American", U.S. Army
Awarded for:
Operation Market Garden

Posthumously awarded
Purple Heart
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Private 1st Class
Unit:
Company C, 307th Airborne Engineer Battalion, 82nd Airborne Division "All American", U.S. Army
World War Two Victory Medal
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Private 1st Class
Unit:
Company C, 307th Airborne Engineer Battalion, 82nd Airborne Division "All American", U.S. Army
American Campaign Medal
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Private 1st Class
Unit:
Company C, 307th Airborne Engineer Battalion, 82nd Airborne Division "All American", U.S. Army
Distinguished Unit Citation/Presidential Unit Citation - Army
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Private 1st Class
Unit:
Company C, 307th Airborne Engineer Battalion, 82nd Airborne Division "All American", U.S. Army
Good Conduct Medal - Army
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Private 1st Class
Unit:
Company C, 307th Airborne Engineer Battalion, 82nd Airborne Division "All American", U.S. Army
European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Private 1st Class
Unit:
Company C, 307th Airborne Engineer Battalion, 82nd Airborne Division "All American", U.S. Army
US Army Parachute Badge

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