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JERRY MALONE JENKINS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 8, 1947 – June 16, 1967
Service recordJerry Malone Jenkins, of Winchester, Virginia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 16, 1967, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 112 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 112
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- June 8, 1947
- Home of record
- Winchester, Virginia (Winchester (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 16, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date June 16, 1967; 12 of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 95 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 112
- JOHN EDWARD CAMINOPrivate First Class · June 16, 1967
- GEORGE ARRIAGA GARCIASpecialist Four · June 16, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD GRADOVILLELance Corporal · June 16, 1967
- JOSEPH EARL HAMMACSpecialist Four · June 16, 1967
Same unit, same day
- TERRY LEWIS CONLEYPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 111
- ALVA NORTEN MYRICK IISergeant · Panel 21E, Line 113
- JOHN EARNEST MCCULLOUGHPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 114
- DEAN NELSON RASCHKESergeant · Panel 21E, Line 114
- HARMON THURSTON RESPASSSpecialist Four · Panel 21E, Line 115
- THOMAS ANTONIO RIVERAStaff Sergeant · Panel 21E, Line 115
- CLARANCE W ROGERS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 115
- LYLE ERVIN ROHLFSENPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 115
- JOHN ANDREW SICKLESSpecialist Four · Panel 21E, Line 116
- MICHAEL TERRY URSERYSpecialist Four · Panel 21E, Line 116
- CHARLES EDWARD VICICHPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 116
From Winchester
- LORING WILLIAM CARPER JRHospitalman · May 17, 1966
- UPTON FINLEY ASHLEYStaff Sergeant · November 3, 1966
- JOHN FRANKLIN MORRISON JRPrivate First Class · December 30, 1967
- DONALD KEITH POWELLCorporal · August 21, 1968
- GREGORY JACKSON FRANKLINPrivate First Class · November 27, 1968
- CHARLES HERBERT HODSON JRSergeant First Class · December 24, 1968
- ROBERT ALLAN WASHINGTONStaff Sergeant · August 13, 1969
- LAWRENCE EUGENE FLETCHERFirst Lieutenant · May 7, 1970
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.