In Memory of
U.S. Army Private
Bernard Wayne Jennings
Davis, South Dakota
Turner County
December 16, 1916 – April 18, 1943
Died in Car Accident near Davis, Turner County

Bernard Wayne Jennings was born December 16, 1916, at Wakonda, Clay County, South Dakota. Before he entered the service, Bernard worked at Wakonda. Bernard entered the service on January 23, 1942, at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas and served as a Private, Company B, 137^th Infantry Regiment, 35^th Infantry Division. He was stationed at Camp Rucker, Alabama, and had been in the service for eighteen months when he came home to Davis on a ten-day leave.

On April 18, 1943, while driving home from Wakonda with some friends, Bernard Jennings was involved in an auto accident near Centerville. He was killed when the car went into a ditch. The other men escaped with minor injuries.

Bernard Jennings was 29 years old at the time of his death.

This entry was respectfully submitted by Sheila Hansen, Fallen Sons State Coordinator, Spearfish, SD. Information for this entry was provided by an application for a SD veteran’s bonus payment and the Rapid City Journal, issue 4/19/43.