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CHARLES OWEN JENKINS JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 14, 1941 – June 10, 1965
Service recordCharles Owen Jenkins JR, of Utahville, Pennsylvania, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 10, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 5
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- January 14, 1941
- Home of record
- Utahville, Pennsylvania (Clearfield County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 10, 1965
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date June 10, 1965. In June 1965, 146 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 2E, Line 5
- CRAIG LOUIS HAGENSergeant · June 10, 1965
- WALTER LOUIS HALLCaptain · June 10, 1965
- WILLIAM CLIFTON HOOVERPetty Officer Second Class · June 10, 1965
- BRUCE GARDNER JOHNSONLieutenant Colonel · June 10, 1965
Same unit, same day
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · Panel 2E, Line 4
- BOBBY RUSSELLSergeant First Class · Panel 2E, Line 6
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.