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CPL D. Edmund Jennelle

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CPL D. Edmund Jennelle Veteran

Birth
Death
20 Apr 1945 (aged 25)
Sweetwater, Nolan County, Texas, USA
Burial
Berkley, Oakland County, Michigan, USA GPS-Latitude: 42.5053105, Longitude: -83.1815537
Memorial ID
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Enlisted October 10, 1941.
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Died in service on a flight aboard C-47
Skytrain #41-18451.

He was killed when the transport disintegrated
during a thunderstorm and crashed, three
miles south of Sweetwater, Texas.

All twenty-five Army personnel aboard perished:

1st Lt. James A Bailey, pilot
Capt. John R Rawls
1st Lt. Richard B Arnold
1st Lt. David L Bennell
1st Lt. Leonard K Epperly
1st Lt. Samuel Kamrass
1st Lt. Chester W Mrozek
1st Lt. Frank A Prete
1st Lt. Joseph A Scieszka
1st Lt. James H Wallace, Jr
1st Lt. Robert L West
Sgt. Robert H Blaess
Sgt. William T Downey
Sgt. William H Edwards
Sgt. Robert C Goodenough
Cpl. Daniel B Boone
Cpl. Vincent R DiStefano
Cpl. D Edmund Jennelle
Cpl. Myron V Testement
Cpl. Virgle E Walston
PFC Grady O Boyd
PFC Kenneth W Carlson
PFC William A Green
PFC James D McLaughlin
Pvt. Robert L Fuller
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Entered the service from Michigan; ASN 36129360.
Enlisted October 10, 1941.
~
Died in service on a flight aboard C-47
Skytrain #41-18451.

He was killed when the transport disintegrated
during a thunderstorm and crashed, three
miles south of Sweetwater, Texas.

All twenty-five Army personnel aboard perished:

1st Lt. James A Bailey, pilot
Capt. John R Rawls
1st Lt. Richard B Arnold
1st Lt. David L Bennell
1st Lt. Leonard K Epperly
1st Lt. Samuel Kamrass
1st Lt. Chester W Mrozek
1st Lt. Frank A Prete
1st Lt. Joseph A Scieszka
1st Lt. James H Wallace, Jr
1st Lt. Robert L West
Sgt. Robert H Blaess
Sgt. William T Downey
Sgt. William H Edwards
Sgt. Robert C Goodenough
Cpl. Daniel B Boone
Cpl. Vincent R DiStefano
Cpl. D Edmund Jennelle
Cpl. Myron V Testement
Cpl. Virgle E Walston
PFC Grady O Boyd
PFC Kenneth W Carlson
PFC William A Green
PFC James D McLaughlin
Pvt. Robert L Fuller
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Entered the service from Michigan; ASN 36129360.

Inscription

CPL, US ARMY AIR FORCES WORLD WAR II



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  • Created by: Tim Cook
  • Added: Apr 18, 2015
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/145204398/d_edmund-jennelle: accessed ), memorial page for CPL D. Edmund Jennelle (5 May 1919–20 Apr 1945), Find a Grave Memorial ID 145204398, citing Roseland Park Cemetery, Berkley, Oakland County, Michigan, USA; Burial Details Unknown; Maintained by Tim Cook (contributor 46481904).