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CHARLIE EDWARD JENKINS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 4, 1944 – July 21, 1968
Service recordCharlie Edward Jenkins, of West Monroe, Louisiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 21, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 51W, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51W · Line 26
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Cargo Specialist (57H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- November 4, 1944
- Home of record
- West Monroe, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 21, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date July 21, 1968; he was the only one lost in Định Tường Province that day. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51W, Line 26
- CHARLES L CALLAHAN IIIWarrant Officer 1 · July 21, 1968
- DAVID LAWRENCE GLOERFirst Lieutenant · July 21, 1968
- DAVID KENNETH HAMILTONSpecialist Four · July 21, 1968
- BRIAN STUART KRILLPrivate First Class · July 21, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LARRY DEAN COOKPrivate · Panel 51W, Line 24
- DAVID KENNETH HAMILTONSpecialist Four · Panel 51W, Line 26
From West Monroe
- CARL DANIEL VIOLALance Corporal · May 30, 1966
- BUD AUGUSTINE GUILLORYPrivate · March 8, 1967
- JAMES WILLIAM HAMILTON JRPetty Officer Second Class · April 25, 1967
- VOMER OVID WILSON JRPrivate First Class · May 8, 1967
- STEPHEN RAY WORLEYPrivate First Class · October 14, 1967
- ROBERT IRVING BALLARDFirst Lieutenant · February 3, 1968
- BOBBY RAY TALTONSpecialist Four · February 20, 1968
- JOHN LESLIE BRATTONCorporal · November 11, 1968
- WILLIAM BENJAMIN EZELLLance Corporal · November 18, 1968
- JIMMY CARTERPrivate First Class · January 12, 1969
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.