Jennings, Pvt. Donald 1915-1944

JENNINGS

Posted By: Linda Ziemann, volunteer (email)
Date: 10/3/2008 at 20:05:25

DONALD JENNINGS, LEMARS MAN, DIES IN PLANE CRASH
WAS WITH ARMY AIR FORCES ON CHINESE FRONT

Mr. and Mrs. Walter Jennings were notified by the war department Sunday, December 31, that their son, Pvt. Donald Jennings, had been killed in a plane crash December 25, at Chengto, China. Donald was a radio operator on a transport plane and was stationed in India.

He entered the service in December, 1942, and received his training at Scott Field, Illinois. He had been stationed in Reno, Nevada, and Florida, but after his furlough in August, 1944, he was sent overseas and stationed in India.

Donald Jennings was born October 6, 1915, in LeMars and attended the LeMars public school, graduating from the LeMars High School with the Class of 1934. Following his graduation he worked as a painter. The survivors, besides his parents, are three brothers, Sgt. Walter Jennings, in the air corps and stationed at Pratt, Kansas, Robert Cecil Jennings, S2/c, in the southwest Pacific, and Charles S., defense worker in Sunnyside, Washington; also a sister, Leona, who is working in Sioux City.

~Source: LeMars Sentinel, January 2, 1945

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LeMars Sentinel
January 5, 1945

MEMORIAL FOR PVT. JENNINGS
To Be Held On Sunday Afternoon

Memorial services for Pvt. Donald Jennings, who was killed in a plane crash at Chengtu, China, December 25, will be held Sunday afternoon, January 7, at 2:30, at the Church of the Nazarene. Rev. A. Ulmet, pastor of the church, will be in charge of the services.

Donald Jennings, son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Jennings, was born in LeMars and grew to manhood here, graduating from the LeMars high school.

The survivors are his parents; three brothers, Sgt. Walter Jennings, Pratt, Kansas; Robert C. Jennings, S2/c, somewhere in the southwest Pacific; and Charles S., Sunnyside, Calif.; and a sister, Leona.

Sgt. Walter Jennings arrived Wednesday evening and will be here for the memorial services.
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LeMars Sentinel, January 12, 1945

MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR DONALD JENNINGS LAST SUNDAY

Approximately 175 local residents paid their last respects to a local youth, Donald Jennings, who made the supreme sacrifice of his nation. This service was held Sunday, January 7, in the LeMars Church of the Nazarene with the pastor, the Rev. Aleck G. Ulmet, officiating. Special music was furnished by Mrs. Clarence Reeves Jr., soloist, and Mrs. George Reeves who accompanied her at the piano. Mrs. Reeves sang “What a Friend We Have in Jesus” and “Only Wait.” Rev. Ulmet spoke briefly on a test from Isaiah 61:1-3. His subject was, “To Comfort All Who Mourn.” He read from the nineteenth Psalm and the fourteenth chapter of St. John’s Gospel for the scripture reading. Immediately following the prayer of benediction, C. B. Plummer, representing the American Legion, presented Mrs. Walter Jennings, mother of the boy, with a large American flag. Immediately following this ceremony, “Taps” was blown outside the church which formed a touching conclusion to the service. The American Legion, which attended the service in a body, formed two lines in the vestibule while those in attendance filed out between them.