RANGERS Coomer, Jennings Bryan

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Coomer ​

• FORENAME

Jennings Bryan​

• UNIT

1 Ranger Bn (HQ) ​

• RANK

Technician Fifth Class ​

• NUMBER

38060747 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

12th April 1943 ​

• AGE

31​

• GRAVESITE

North Africa American Cemetery, Carthage, Tunisia Plot F Row 1 Grave 8 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from Gray County, Texas​

born 26.07.1911, Grandfield, Oklahoma, USA​

father Thomas Shelbie Coomer (1869-1948)​

mother Nannie (nee Petty) Coomer (1879-1962)​

4 years high school​

civil occupation Cook​

06.02.1941 enlisted Lubbock, Texas​

widower without dependents upon enlistment​

1942 married Ella Mae (nee Quier) Crow (1920-2000)​

daughter Donna Lee (Coomer) Scott (1936-2015)​

awards Bronze Star, Croix de Guerre (France)​

"Jenning" (National Archives)​

died Tunisia (non battle)​

KIA November 1943 at Venafro, Italy in one source (probable error) ​

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