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CHARLES ARTHUR JENKINS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 30, 1944 – June 25, 1965
Service recordCharles Arthur Jenkins, of Richmond, Virginia, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 25, 1965, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 17
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- August 30, 1944
- Home of record
- Richmond, Virginia (Richmond (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 25, 1965
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date June 25, 1965; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In June 1965, 146 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 17
- EUGENE DELANO FRANKLINCaptain · June 24, 1965
- THOMAS CHARLES VANCAMPENPrivate First Class · June 24, 1965
- JAMES THARPE BROWN JRPrivate First Class · June 25, 1965
- ALFRED HENRY COMBS JRSergeant First Class · June 25, 1965
From Richmond
- WALTER PRESTON GORHAMMajor · March 16, 1963
- RICHARD SHERWIN JOHNSONCaptain · January 17, 1965
- ROBERT LEE SIMON JRSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- ROBERT WILLIAM DOSSAirman First Class · April 27, 1965
- JAMES HOLMES THORNTONPrivate First Class · November 3, 1965
- SAMUEL STANLEY TOLLIVERPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- MARYLAND CHATTENPrivate · December 24, 1965
- CURTIS J MCGEEStaff Sergeant · February 28, 1966
- TERRY L HARPERSpecialist Four · March 21, 1966
- MICHAEL GARY MURRAYLance Corporal · March 21, 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.