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EARL DALE JENKINS JR
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 4, 1948 – November 16, 1967
Service recordEarl Dale Jenkins JR, of Georgetown, Illinois, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 16, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 3
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Air Delivery Man (7141)
- Born
- August 4, 1948
- Home of record
- Georgetown, Illinois (Vermilion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 16, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date November 16, 1967; five of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 30E, Line 3
- ARNOLD EDWARD JOHNSONSpecialist Four · November 16, 1967
- W C JOHNSONSpecialist Four · November 16, 1967
- DAVID ROGER KEATONPrivate First Class · November 16, 1967
- JERALD WAYNE KEMPPrivate First Class · November 16, 1967
From Georgetown
- KENNETH MARION WALLS JRSpecialist Four · May 14, 1970
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.