Jennings B. Messer | American Battle Monuments Commission

World War II

Service #	15040321
Unit	65th Bomber Squadron, 43rd Bomber Group, Heavy
Rank	Sergeant U.S. Army Air Forces
Entered Service From	West Virginia
Date of Death	September 15 1943
Status	Recovered
Memorialized	Walls of the Missing Manila American Cemetery Manila American Cemetery McKinley Road, Fort Bonifacio 1634 Philippines

65th Bomber Squadron, 43rd Bomber Group, Heavy

Air Medal

Distinguished Flying Cross

Purple Heart

Silver Star

Silver Star, Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal, Purple Heart -

Notes

SGT Messer's remains have been recovered. His name is permanently inscribed on the Tablets of the Missing at the Manila American Cemetery and Memorial.

When an individual’s remains have been accounted for by the U.S. Department of Defense, a rosette is placed next to the name on the Wall/Tablet/Court of the Missing to mark that the person now rests in a known gravesite.