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CARLOS DENNIS JELKS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 10, 1947 – February 14, 1966
Service recordCarlos Dennis Jelks, of Toledo, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 14, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 34
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 10, 1947
- Home of record
- Toledo, Ohio (Lucas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 14, 1966
- Age
- 18
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date February 14, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 53 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 34
- DENNIS DONALD BACKENPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- TOMMY EDWARD HILLPetty Officer Second Class · February 14, 1966
- JOHN RUSSELL HILLSMajor · February 14, 1966
- WILLIAM ARTHUR HOOS JRCaptain · February 14, 1966
- JOSEPH DANIEL JARRELLPrivate First Class · February 14, 1966
Same unit, same day
- WALTER NORRIS AMMONSSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 31
- IRA C BOGGS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 31
- BOBBY JOE BRASWELLPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 32
- GARRY COYLEPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 32
- DONALD EDWARD DANIELSSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 32
- CORDIE LEE DIXONPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 32
- ELOY DURANStaff Sergeant · Panel 5E, Line 33
- FRANKLIN DOUGLAS GAMBRELLStaff Sergeant · Panel 5E, Line 33
- JOHN WILLIAM O GROOVERSergeant · Panel 5E, Line 33
- GEORGE E HAYESSergeant · Panel 5E, Line 33
- WILLIAM ARTHUR HOOS JRCaptain · Panel 5E, Line 34
- GENE CHARLES MILLIGANStaff Sergeant · Panel 5E, Line 35
- HENRY MORGAN STARKEYPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 36
- TERRY JOE REEDPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 37
- WILLIAM ROBERT WALLACESergeant · Panel 5E, Line 37
- WATSON WILLISSergeant First Class · Panel 5E, Line 37
From Toledo
- THOMAS FREDERICK GORTONCaptain · December 6, 1963
- BARRY NEWTON HAMBLETONPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- ROBERT TAFT HANSON JRLieutenant Commander · February 3, 1966
- LAMAR DONALD FREDERICKPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- DENNIS W MALEWSKISergeant · March 9, 1966
- MICHAEL OWEN GATWOODPrivate First Class · May 20, 1966
- JAMES THOMAS LANGLOISSpecialist Four · August 15, 1966
- BYRON NELSON LUDWIGPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
- WILLIE JAMES TUCKERPrivate First Class · August 20, 1966
- COLINNA FEEMSTERSpecialist Four · September 1, 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.