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BARNETTE GARTRELL JENKINS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 27, 1947 – March 2, 1966
Service recordBarnette Gartrell Jenkins, of Savannah, Georgia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 2, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 95 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 95
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- July 27, 1947
- Home of record
- Savannah, Georgia (Chatham County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 2, 1966
- Age
- 18
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date March 2, 1966. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 5E, Line 95
- THOMAS JEFFERSON FEARSCorporal · March 2, 1966
- CARLOS RANDALL HATCHERPrivate First Class · March 2, 1966
- MARSHALL MYRON HOLT JRCaptain · March 2, 1966
- JACK MAYNARD HOPKINSCorporal · March 2, 1966
From Savannah
- WILLIAM FREW TRAIN IIIFirst Lieutenant · June 16, 1962
- HENRY STERLING MCWHORTERLieutenant · August 29, 1965
- JERRY JIVENSStaff Sergeant · November 15, 1965
- JAMES MAYNARD SPENCESpecialist Four · February 27, 1966
- HARLOW GARY CLARK JRLieutenant Colonel · March 7, 1966
- JOHN EDWARD CAIL JRSpecialist Four · May 9, 1966
- WILLMATT BROWNPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- WILLIAM JONES JRSergeant · June 18, 1966
- ERNEST MAXWELL SHUMAN JRSpecialist Five · August 1, 1966
- DANIEL CLEVELAND JONESLance Corporal · September 28, 1966
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.