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HARLEY JOHN JENKS
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 20, 1944 – April 29, 1968
Service recordHarley John Jenks, of Barryton, Michigan, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on April 29, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 53E, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53E · Line 2
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- September 20, 1944
- Home of record
- Barryton, Michigan (Mecosta County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 29, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
55 names on the Wall carry the date April 29, 1968; seven of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 96 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 53E, Line 2
- ANDREW JOHN JOBEYPrivate First Class · April 29, 1968
- LEROY JOHNSONCorporal · April 29, 1968
- ROBERT WILLIAM JOHNSON JRSergeant · April 29, 1968
- ARTHUR L JORDONSergeant · April 29, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LYLE ERNEST ALLEN JRCorporal · Panel 52E, Line 45
- ELMO LARRY BUTLERCorporal · Panel 52E, Line 46
- GARY LEIGH MACKSergeant · Panel 53E, Line 4
- WILLARD ALTON PERRY JRCorporal · Panel 53E, Line 6
- ALEXANDER TATE JRCorporal · Panel 53E, Line 7
From Barryton
- WILLIAM EDWARD BLACKMERSpecialist Five · January 23, 1968
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.