Carl M. W. Jenter- Swarthmore College

Carl Martin Wilhelm Jenter was born on January 19, 1915 in Mount Vernon, Westchester County, New York, USA to parents Martin Theodore Carl Jenter (1885-1951) and Anna Emilie Theodora "Millie" Lohse (1886-1921). He had two brothers, Wilhelm Fritz Jenter (1916-2002) and Martin Ernst Jenter (1918-1976). He graduated from Mount Vernon High School (Mount Vernon, New York) and then went on to attend and graduate from Swarthmore College (Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, USA). On January 10, 1941 he enrolled in New York Guard, Company 1, 7th Regiment at Pelham Manor, New York, USA. He finished New York Guard service on August 3, 1942 and then on August 18, 1942 he enrolled in US Army Warrant Officers, Branch Immaterial at Fort Jay, Governors Island, New York, New York, USA.