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DONALD RAY JENKINS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 6, 1947 – December 13, 1970
Service recordDonald Ray Jenkins, of Cleveland, Ohio, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 13, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 118 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 118
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
- Mortarman (0341)
- Born
- December 6, 1947
- Home of record
- Cleveland, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 13, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date December 13, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 118
- DAVID LEE NORRISPrivate First Class · December 12, 1970
- MICHAEL KEITH WOODCOCKPrivate First Class · December 12, 1970
- RICHARD LEE FERGUSONSpecialist Four · December 13, 1970
- RODNEY CHARLES GREYCorporal · December 13, 1970
From Cleveland
- HAROLD E STRONG JRSergeant First Class · January 23, 1965
- KENNETH LEE DEAN JRCaptain · April 20, 1965
- BOBBY RUSSELLSergeant First Class · June 10, 1965
- THOMAS H BOTTSSergeant First Class · September 4, 1965
- LEONARD JOHN DADANTEFirst Lieutenant · September 9, 1965
- JOHN PAUL DUCHNOWSKILance Corporal · November 5, 1965
- LAVALLE ERNEST CARLTONPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- DONALD ROBERT CLARKCaptain · November 9, 1965
- DAVID LOUIS MENDOZASpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD KILLENSSpecialist Four · December 5, 1965
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.