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1LT Nininger-57th Infantry Philippine Scouts (1st Medal of Honor, WW2) Cenotaph

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Details:

In the church graveyard, grave 10, ground level.

Cenotaph


A gray marble inscribed plaque attached to the front of wall upright grave.

 

First Lieutenant Alexander Ramsey Nininger was a West Point Graduate Class of 1941.  He was assigned to Company A, 1st Battalion of the 57th Infantry Regiment, Philippine Scouts (US Army).  During the Battle or Bataan (1942), in January 1942, 1LT Nininger was killed leading his troops against the advancing enemy. He was buried in a ceremony at St. Dominic’s Church in Abucay, and later listed as Missing in Action.

 

For his actions, Nininger was awarded the first Medal of Honor during the Second World War.  

 

An award for valor at West Point, "The Alexander Nininger for Valor at Arms" is named in his honor.

 

Nininger is listed on the Manila Cemetery and Memorial Wall of the Missing.  A cenotaph also remembers him at Arlington National Cemetery (Section MK-139). An interest in locating his remains continues.

Monument Text:

ALEXANDER RAMSEY NININGER JR.

1918-1942

 

2ND LT 57TH INFANTRY RGMT

PHILIPPINE SCOUTS, US ARMY

 

KIA 12 JAN 1942 ABUCAY, BATAAN

CONFERRED THE FIRST MEDAL OF HONOR WW2

BURIED AT ST. DOMINIC PARISH CHURCH CEMETERY, ABUCAY

 

ALEXANDER R. NININGER AWARD FOR VALOR AT ARMS

(ASSOCIATION OF GRADUATES OF THE US MILITARY ACADEMY CREATED 2006)

 

Commemorates:

People:

Alexander Ramsey 'Sandy' Jr. Nininger

Units:

57th Infantry Regiment

57th Infantry Regiment (Philipine Scouts)

Philippine Army

Philippine Scouts

United States Army Forces in the Far East (USAFFE)

Wars:

WWII

Battles:

Bataan

Pacific Theater

Philippines Campaign (1941–1942)

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