Alexander Arthur Jennings

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Arthur Jennings Alexander is honored on the following 1 monument(s) in our database:

Asan Bay Guam Landing Memorial Wall

Name:

Arthur Jennings Alexander

Rank:

Private First Class

Serial Number:

409716

Unit:

21st Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division

Date of Death:

1944-07-22

State:

South Carolina

Cemetery:

Mountain View Cemetery, Greer, Greenville County, South Carolina, USA

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Arthur Jennings Alexander was born on August 30, 1925, in Poplar Springs, Spartanburg County, South Carolina. He was the son of Arthur Frank Alexander and Rosa Belle Griffith Alexander.

Arthur served in Company A, 1st Battalion, 21st Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, as a Private First Class during World War II. On July 21, 1944, he was with the 21st Marines as they invaded Guam to retake the island from the Japanese. On July 22, Alexander received extensive wounds to his thighs, legs, and arms when a mortar shell fell into his foxhole, which soon caused his death.

Source of information: www.findagrave.com, navylog.navymemorial.org