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CHARLES WAYNE JENKINS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 11, 1940 – March 19, 1969
Service recordCharles Wayne Jenkins, of Lynwood, California, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 19, 1969, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 79
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Journalist (71Q)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 11, 1940
- Home of record
- Lynwood, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 19, 1969
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date March 19, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 156 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 79
- GARY LYNN HOSKOPrivate First Class · March 19, 1969
- JOE STEPHEN HUSTONSergeant · March 19, 1969
- ANTHONY JOHNSONCorporal · March 19, 1969
- JAMES GORDON JOHNSONSpecialist Four · March 19, 1969
From Lynwood
- RICHARD ALBERT SCHMITZPrivate First Class · May 13, 1966
- RONALD LEE ENGLANDLance Corporal · September 19, 1966
- WILLIAM JOSEPH DUGGANPetty Officer Third Class · January 6, 1967
- RONALD LEE LAKELance Corporal · July 6, 1967
- GARY FRANCIS GATTICorporal · August 11, 1967
- PAUL LESLIE CLARKSpecialist Four · September 6, 1967
- JUAN RAMIREZSpecialist Five · September 8, 1967
- ROBERT SAMUEL FERRULLAPrivate First Class · November 13, 1967
- GEORGE STEPHEN SEHISergeant · January 9, 1968
- DONALD BYRON JONESLance Corporal · May 18, 1968
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.