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ISADORE JENKINS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 2, 1952 – December 11, 1971
Service recordIsadore Jenkins, of New York, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 11, 1971, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 86 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 86
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)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- September 2, 1952
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 11, 1971
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date December 11, 1971; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In December 1971, 64 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 86
- PHILIP S GALLAGHER IIIFirst Lieutenant · December 11, 1971
- RONALD ANTHONY SPUDISSpecialist Four · December 11, 1971
- HOWELL WAYNE BURNSPrivate First Class · December 12, 1971
- JERRY NORMAN DUFFEYSergeant · December 12, 1971
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.