Riley C. Jennings

Headquarters Company 1st Battalion 22nd Infantry

4th Infantry Division

KIA 06/23/1944

Riley C. Jennings was born in Tuscaloosa, Alabama on September 2, 1919.

He enlisted in the Army for the Panama Canal Department on October 8, 1940 at Montgomery, Alabama.
His home of residence was listed as Cottondale, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, and his
civilian occupation was listed as Farm Hands, General Farms. He had completed
grammar school and was single with no dependents. His religion was listed as Protestant.

He was awarded the Good Conduct Medal as a Private First Class in Headquarters Company,
in Headquarters 22nd Infantry General Orders No. 14 dated December 31, 1943 at Fort Jackson, South Carolina.

He was promoted to Corporal on May 15, 1944.

He was promoted to Sergeant on June 16, 1944.

Sergeant Jennings was killed in action in France, in the vicinity of Gonneville, by German artillery,
during the attack against Cherbourg on June 23, 1944.

He was awarded the Combat Infantryman Badge in Headquarters 22nd Infantry
General Orders No. 7 dated September 28, 1944.

Decorations of Riley C. Jennings

Riley C. Jennings was buried in the temporary U.S. Military Cemetery,
Sainte Mere-Eglise #1 at Carentan, France and some time later
his remains were returned to the United States where he was
reinterred in Alabama.

Burial:
Big Hurricane Cemetery
Brookwood (Tuscaloosa County)
Tuscaloosa County
Alabama

Grave marker for Riley C. Jennings

Photo by Gale Davis from the Find A Grave website

Grave monument for Riley C. Jennings

Photo by Diona Dickerson from the Find A Grave website

Top photo of Riley C. Jennings courtesy of Mike Largin, the great-nephew of Sergeant Riley C. Jennings

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