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ANTHONY LEROY JENKINS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 12, 1945 – September 9, 1969
Service recordAnthony Leroy Jenkins, of Bainbridge, Georgia, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 9, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 62
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. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- February 12, 1945
- Home of record
- Bainbridge, Georgia (Decatur County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 9, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date September 9, 1969; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 62
- LONNIE VESTER MERCHANTSergeant First Class · September 9, 1969
- GEORGE LEONARD METZGERLance Corporal · September 9, 1969
- DONALD EUGENE MOOREPrivate First Class · September 9, 1969
- JAMES RALPH MORROWPrivate First Class · September 9, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOHN ROBERT BOXPrivate First Class · Panel 18W, Line 60
From Bainbridge
- STEPHEN LLOYD HALSTEADPrivate First Class · March 24, 1968
- ELLIS LOVINE FAIRCLOTHSpecialist Five · May 8, 1968
- ISAAC HARRISSergeant · September 12, 1968
- CLYDE RANDOLPH PERRY JRSpecialist Four · May 22, 1969
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.