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GREGORY DALE JENKINS
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
May 3, 1947 – May 12, 1967
Service recordGregory Dale Jenkins, of Graham, North Carolina, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on May 12, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 97 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 97
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Born
- May 3, 1947
- Home of record
- Graham, North Carolina (Alamance County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 12, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date May 12, 1967; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 19E, Line 97
- ROBERT ALAN JOHNSONSergeant · May 12, 1967
- LEROY HENRY KELLERCorporal · May 12, 1967
- MARIANO LEIJA JRCorporal · May 12, 1967
- LAWRENCE EDWARD LEWISAirman First Class · May 12, 1967
From Graham
- DENNIS CURTIS KIDDMaster Sergeant · August 4, 1964
- JERRY RAY CAMPBELLPrivate · June 28, 1965
- HIRAM DILLARD STRICKLANDPrivate First Class · February 1, 1966
- MORRIS BLAINE JONESSergeant · January 3, 1968
- CHARLES E RUSSELL IIIPrivate First Class · December 11, 1968
- JAMES OLIN FOGLEMANPrivate First Class · May 18, 1969
- TONY EUGENE SCOGGINSSpecialist Four · September 14, 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.