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EUGENE RAY JENKINS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 9, 1951 – November 5, 1969
Service recordEugene Ray Jenkins, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 5, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 34
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- January 9, 1951
- Home of record
- Tulsa, Oklahoma (Tulsa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 5, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date November 5, 1969; seven of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 34
- HOWARD L FLAMENTSpecialist Five · November 5, 1969
- DRANNON RAY GORDONFirst Lieutenant · November 5, 1969
- WADE ANTHONY GREERCaptain · November 5, 1969
- DOUGLAS PAUL LEFEVERMajor · November 5, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT BURCH ELDRIDGEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 16W, Line 33
From Tulsa
- JORDEN DUWAYNE FORRESTERSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- MARTIN RONALD SCOTTColonel · March 15, 1966
- JAMES ALLEN DOKESergeant · March 24, 1966
- DAVID LEE CHAPMANPrivate First Class · May 18, 1966
- STANLEY GILBERT COXCaptain · May 18, 1966
- FLOYD WAYNE HAMILTONLance Corporal · May 23, 1966
- WILLIAM ROSS SAVAGEWarrant Officer 1 · June 24, 1966
- ISAIAH HERMAN WILSONPrivate First Class · July 15, 1966
- PAUL WILLIAM JOHNSONCaptain · July 22, 1966
- LEE GRANT JOHNSONLance Corporal · July 30, 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.