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DENNIS ALAN JENKINS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 14, 1946 – April 22, 1971
Service recordDennis Alan Jenkins, of San Diego, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 22, 1971, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 2
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
- Light Air Defense Artillery Crewmember (16F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- November 14, 1946
- Home of record
- San Diego, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 22, 1971
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date April 22, 1971; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In April 1971, 292 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 60 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 2
- WILLIAM ESLEY WOOD JRMajor · April 21, 1971
- LOUIS ARTHUR YUGELSpecialist Four · April 21, 1971
- WILLIAM DAVID HOLMESSpecialist Five · April 22, 1971
- ROBERT MORRISON PERSINGERWarrant Officer 1 · April 22, 1971
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM DAVID HOLMESSpecialist Five · Panel 3W, Line 2
- ROBERT MORRISON PERSINGERWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 3W, Line 2
- TERRY E SCHWARTZSpecialist Five · Panel 3W, Line 3
- ROBERT B YOUNGSpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 3
From San Diego
- STANLEY E TRUESDALEStaff Sergeant · April 12, 1963
- CLARENCE CLEMENT TESSMANCaptain · August 10, 1963
- WILLIAM CLIFTON HOOVERPetty Officer Second Class · June 10, 1965
- VIRGIL WAYNE BARTONLance Corporal · August 21, 1965
- CHARLES JOSEPH SCHARFColonel · October 1, 1965
- KENNETH JOE HAMMONDSpecialist Four · November 22, 1965
- RICHARD EUGENE GEORGEPrivate First Class · November 23, 1965
- GERALD CLYDE LYMANPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH SOLLEYLance Corporal · February 8, 1966
- DONALD D DAUGHERTYStaff Sergeant · April 13, 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.