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GERALD THOMAS JENKINS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 5, 1944 – November 23, 1965
Service recordGerald Thomas Jenkins, of Evansville, Indiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 23, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 111 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 111
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- May 5, 1944
- Home of record
- Evansville, Indiana (Vanderburgh County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 23, 1965
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date November 23, 1965. In November 1965, 545 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 69 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3E, Line 111
- GUNDER PETER RI GUNDERSONSergeant · November 23, 1965
- RICHARD JENSENHospitalman · November 23, 1965
- GLENN DILL MANNFirst Lieutenant · November 23, 1965
- DAVID WILLIAM MICHAELSpecialist Four · November 23, 1965
Same unit, same day
- L C BLAKESergeant First Class · Panel 3E, Line 110
- ROGER GEORGE BRITTENSpecialist Four · Panel 3E, Line 110
- ROBIN ARTHUR RARIGPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 112
From Evansville
- DAVID EUGENE GILLCorporal · September 2, 1965
- WILLIAM L ARMSTRONGSpecialist Four · February 6, 1966
- GENE EDMOND DAVISChief Master Sergeant · March 13, 1966
- CHARLES DOYLE OGLESBYSpecialist Four · April 11, 1966
- THOMAS MICHAEL KOCHPrivate First Class · May 28, 1966
- DAVID EMERSON HALLLance Corporal · August 16, 1966
- LEWIS ELI BONNIESergeant First Class · November 8, 1966
- MICHAEL EARL DENTPrivate First Class · December 17, 1966
- CHARLES ALBERT MCDANIELSPrivate First Class · March 20, 1967
- MICHAEL EUGENE KRAFTFirst Lieutenant · April 8, 1967
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.