Jesse L. Rollins

Company A 1st Battalion 22nd Infantry

4th Infantry Division

KIA 12/03/1944

Jesse Lyle Rollins was born in Pitt County, North Carolina on September 29, 1921.

He was drafted into the Army on October 9, 1942 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. His home of residence
was listed as Charleston, West Virginia and his civilian occupation was listed as Paymasters,
Payroll Clerks, And Timekeepers. He had completed two years of college and was
single with no dependents. His religion was listed as Protestant.

He was assigned to Company A from the 92nd Replacement Battalion on November 24, 1944.

Private First Class Rollins was killed in action in Germany during the Battle of the Hürtgen Forest.

Jesse L. Rollins was buried in the temporary U.S. Military Cemetery
Henri-Chapelle Cemetery, Eupen, Belgium and some time later
his remains were returned to the United States where he was
reinterred in North Carolina.

Burial:
Winterville Cemetery
Winterville
Pitt County
North Carolina
Plot: Section 2

Grave marker for Jesse L. Rollins

Photo by Hardy Flanagan from the Find a Grave website

Top photo of Jesse Rollins from the 1945 yearbook for East Carolina Teachers College, Greenville, North Carolina
via Theophile Odaert

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