Jennings B. Messer

World War II
Service #15040321
Unit65th Bomber Squadron, 43rd Bomber Group, Heavy
RankSergeant U.S. Army Air Forces
Entered Service From West Virginia
Date of DeathSeptember 15 1943
StatusRecovered
Memorialized
Walls of the Missing
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.
rosetta medal
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.