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DON JENKINS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 1, 1951 – October 10, 1970
Service recordDon Jenkins, of Irving, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 10, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 123 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 123
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Bridge Crewmember (12C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- June 1, 1951
- Home of record
- Irving, Texas (Dallas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 10, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date October 10, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In October 1970, 318 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 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 123
- RAYMOND GREGORY MOORESergeant · October 9, 1969
- DANIEL STEPHEN LAZARLance Corporal · October 10, 1970
- HARRY JAMES LUMPKINPrivate · October 10, 1970
- THOMAS CHARLES SCHIESSPrivate First Class · October 10, 1970
From Irving
- WILLIAM MICHAEL CAINPrivate First Class · May 8, 1967
- THOMAS GLENN MODISETTESergeant · May 21, 1967
- CHARLES ALONZO PARADISEMaster Sergeant · September 4, 1967
- VARDE WESTON SMITH IIICorporal · September 4, 1967
- ARLON DANIEL WALL JRAirman First Class · September 9, 1967
- CLARENCE LOUIS HARLOWPrivate First Class · November 19, 1967
- ROBERT OLEN BUCKNER JRPrivate First Class · December 6, 1967
- CARL WAYNE DORRIESPrivate First Class · January 31, 1968
- HERMAN A MILLER IIPetty Officer Third Class · August 11, 1968
- MICHAEL PETER AARONPrivate · August 14, 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.