Jennings B. Messer – Sergeant, United States Army Air Forces

Courtesy of the West Virginia Veterans Database:

War: WWII
Last Name: Messer
First Name: Jennings
Middle Name or Initial: B
County: Mingo, West Virginia
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Branch of Service: Army
Rank: Sergeant
Service Number: 15040321
Date of Death: 15 September 1943
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Place of Burial: Arlington National Cemetery
Unit: 65 Bombardment Squadron, 43rd Bomb Group
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Date Added to Memorial: Original
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Source: Pentagon form/ Wheeling News Register December 3, 1998/ Williamson Daily News body recovered – 27 Nov 1998 & body returned -31 Dec 1999.

Notes: Silver Star, Distinguished Flying Cross. His remains were found in 1996 and returned to the U.S. for burial in 1998.

Michael Robert Patterson

Michael Robert Patterson was born in Arlington and is the son of a former officer of the US Army. So it was no wonder that sooner or later his interests drew him to American history and especially to American military history. Many of his articles can be found on renowned portals like the New York Times, Washingtonpost or Wikipedia.

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