Name:
Homer Jenkins
Rank:
Private First Class
Serial Number:
Unit:
26th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division
Date of Death:
1918-10-09
State:
Indiana
Cemetery:
Meuse-Argonne American Cem., Lorraine, France
Plot:
G
Row:
17
Grave:
14
Decoration:
Comments:
Homer Jenkins was born on October 13, 1895 in Winchester, Randolph County, Indiana. He served in the U.S. Army during World War I as a Private First Class in Company C, 26th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division. He was Killed in Action on October 9, 1918 and is now buried in Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery and Memorial, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Departement de la Meuse, Lorraine, France. His name is commemorated on the First Infantry Division monument in Saint-Juvin, France and ranked as a Private. His name also appears in Row 2 of the World War I Memorial Marker in Winchester, Randolph County, Indiana at the interection of West Washington Street and South Meridian Street.