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CLIFFORD JENKINS JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 12, 1945 – June 12, 1968
Service recordClifford Jenkins JR, of Jersey City, New Jersey, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 12, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 58W, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 58W · Line 32
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 12, 1945
- Home of record
- Jersey City, New Jersey (Hudson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 12, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date June 12, 1968; four of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 58W, Line 32
- DENTON JOSEPH HASDORFFSergeant · June 12, 1968
- ROBERT CARROLL HAWKINSPrivate First Class · June 12, 1968
- JOHN LEE HOLMESPrivate First Class · June 12, 1968
- LARRY DON HUMPHREYSPrivate First Class · June 12, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DONALD GRAY SMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 57W, Line 4
From Jersey City
- ISMAEL JUSON PAREDESSpecialist Five · November 17, 1965
- WILLIAM ANDREW PLEASANTSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- ONEAL LEGETTESpecialist Four · December 5, 1965
- JOHN FRANCIS OSHAUGHNESSYPrivate · February 7, 1966
- STANLEY T DEMBOSKIPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- ROBERT JAMES KEENANPrivate First Class · April 26, 1966
- FRANK ELLIS LYONSStaff Sergeant · June 16, 1966
- JESSE CLARENCE FELDERSpecialist Four · June 29, 1966
- MICHAEL JAMES BILLERO JRSpecialist Four · August 14, 1966
- FRANCIS WILLIAM MACKPetty Officer Third Class · August 17, 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.