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CLAUDE THOMAS JENKINS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 16, 1947 – April 12, 1969
Service recordClaude Thomas Jenkins, of Chesapeake, Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 12, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 64
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 16, 1947
- Home of record
- Chesapeake, Virginia (Chesapeake (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 12, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date April 12, 1969; eight of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 64
- THOMAS EUGENE HOLLOWAYPetty Officer Third Class · April 12, 1969
- DANNY WILLIAM HOULEPrivate First Class · April 12, 1969
- MARYUS NAPOLEON JONESSergeant First Class · April 12, 1969
- CORBIN CLARK TINDALLFirst Lieutenant · April 12, 1969
From Chesapeake
- WILLIAM H COBURNPrivate First Class · February 23, 1966
- KERMIT ANTHONY RAYLance Corporal · April 26, 1967
- FRED VINCENT LEELance Corporal · June 1, 1967
- DEWEY ALLEN MIDGETTPrivate · November 25, 1967
- LOUIS FRANKLIN STAPLESLance Corporal · February 5, 1968
- JAMES GUERDON SIGNETTSpecialist Four · April 4, 1968
- ELBERT ELISAH COX JRSergeant · May 1, 1968
- JOHN HENERY DIXONSpecialist Four · May 16, 1968
- HENRY LARRY GOFFSergeant · May 25, 1968
- CLEM SPENCER LOWERY JRSergeant · May 30, 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.