Frank Jennings remains were recovered and identified on January 18, 2012 and returned to his family for burial in Tennessee the following April.
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Frank Jennings remains were recovered and identified on January 18, 2012 and returned to his family for burial in Tennessee the following April.
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The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918, takes pride in presenting the Silver Star (Posthumously) to Private First Class Frank Primm Jennings (ASN: RA-14320874), United States Army, for gallantry in action as a member of Company E, 2d Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment, 3d Infantry Division, in action against an armed enemy in Korea. On 25 April 1951, near Taejon-ni, Korea, Private Jennings was occupying an outpost position when the enemy attacked and subjected the area to severe small arms and mortar fire. As he was observing enemy movements and reporting them by telephone to his platoon command post, an incoming mortar round severed the line of communication. Private Jennings, unhesitatingly, left the scant cover of his foxhole and moved into the fire-swept terrain to successfully repair the broken wire. A short time later, after he had returned to his position, he noticed an enemy soldier approaching and again leaving the foxhole he advanced on the man taking him prisoner. Acting on orders, he turned the prisoner over to the platoon, and despite the obvious presence of large numbers of the enemy in the immediate area returned to the outpost. Private Jennings continued to report the movement of the hostile troops and direct a steady stream of rifle fire into their ranks until the position he was fighting desperately to defend became overrun by the onrushing enemy. The gallantry constantly exhibited by Private Jennings reflects the highest credit upon himself and the military service.