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FRED CARLTON JENKINS
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
August 1, 1919 – April 2, 1968
Service recordFred Carlton Jenkins, of Bradenton, Florida, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on April 2, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 48. His name is inscribed on Panel 47E, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47E · Line 40
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Welder (44C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 1, 1919
- Home of record
- Bradenton, Florida (Manatee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 2, 1968
- Age
- 48
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date April 2, 1968; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 110 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 47E, Line 40
- BRUCE LYLE BADGERSpecialist Four · April 2, 1968
- JOE THOMAS KEMMERLINGStaff Sergeant · April 2, 1968
- CARL MARION MABELance Corporal · April 2, 1968
- LARRY JOSEPH MILOTLance Corporal · April 2, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WATSON UNDERWOOD JRSergeant · Panel 47E, Line 44
From Bradenton
- ROBERT BREWSTER LOWEFirst Lieutenant · April 29, 1966
- HAROLD STANLEY WILSONSpecialist Four · February 19, 1967
- JOHN R VANNORMAN IIILance Corporal · June 14, 1967
- BLAKELY IRVING DAVIS JRHospitalman · July 29, 1967
- JAMES HAROLD BEAVERSpecialist Four · March 16, 1968
- DALE WARREN PARKERStaff Sergeant · April 6, 1968
- LARRY CHARLES BOLYARDFirst Lieutenant · April 28, 1968
- SHERRY JOE HADLEYCorporal · May 27, 1968
- BOBBY LEE RILEYPrivate First Class · August 14, 1968
- GERALD WAYNE ALBRITTONCorporal · June 3, 1969
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.