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DAN LAVERNE JENKINS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 5, 1948 – January 29, 1969
Service recordDan Laverne Jenkins, of Goldsboro, North Carolina, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 29, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 17
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 5, 1948
- Home of record
- Goldsboro, North Carolina (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 29, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date January 29, 1969; seven of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 33W, Line 17
- SAMUEL RODRIQUEZPrivate First Class · January 29, 1969
- ROBERTO ANDRESS ROMEROCorporal · January 29, 1969
- BILLY JOE SIMMONSSergeant · January 29, 1969
- REYNALDO SOZASpecialist Four · January 29, 1969
From Goldsboro
- DONALD EDWARD DANIELSSpecialist Four · February 14, 1966
- GEORGE HENRY WILKINSCommander · July 11, 1966
- CASCO DEVAUGHN HOWELLPrivate · July 20, 1966
- MURRAY LYMAN BORDENMajor · October 13, 1966
- JOSEPH M GRANTHAM IIIPrivate First Class · May 19, 1967
- RICHARD VERNON RIGGSStaff Sergeant · May 14, 1968
- BOBBY RAY LANEPrivate · June 18, 1968
- EDMOND RAY TOLERPrivate First Class · August 13, 1968
- EDGAR FELTON DAVISLieutenant Colonel · September 17, 1968
- KENNETH EDWARD VANHOYPetty Officer First Class · May 17, 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.