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ANDREW EARL JENKINS
Gunnery Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
February 10, 1930 – April 14, 1969
Service recordAndrew Earl Jenkins, of Jacksonville, Florida, served as a Gunnery Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 14, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 39. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 81
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Gunnery Sergeant (GYSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Recovery Specialist (7011)
- Born
- February 10, 1930
- Home of record
- Jacksonville, Florida (Duval County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 14, 1969
- Age
- 39
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date April 14, 1969; ten of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 81
- DAVID WAYNE HILDRETHSpecialist Four · April 14, 1969
- VICTOR M HODSONFirst Lieutenant · April 14, 1969
- MICHAEL DOUGLAS HOLMESSpecialist Four · April 14, 1969
- GARY ORLAND JACOBSPrivate First Class · April 14, 1969
From Jacksonville
- LOYE THOMAS CHRISTMASPrivate First Class · January 17, 1964
- WYLEY WRIGHT JRSpecialist Five · March 9, 1964
- OTIS GORDON JRMajor · November 19, 1964
- HORACE CLEVELAND COLLINSSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- JAMES HENRY KINGSergeant First Class · October 6, 1965
- RODNEY CARSWELL HARRISPrivate First Class · November 1, 1965
- HENRY TUCKER CANNONSergeant First Class · November 8, 1965
- NATHANIEL BYRDSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- WILLIE FRANK GODBOLDTSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- ALEXANDER WILLIAMSSergeant · November 15, 1965
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.