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JOHN ALLEN JENKINS III
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 3, 1944 – September 25, 1968
Service recordJohn Allen Jenkins III, of Mclean, Virginia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 25, 1968, in Quang Duc Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 12
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- July 3, 1944
- Home of record
- Mclean, Virginia (Fairfax County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 25, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Duc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date September 25, 1968; four of them were lost in Quang Duc Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 85 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 12
- DONNELL HOWARDLance Corporal · September 25, 1968
- TERRY JAY JOHNSONPrivate First Class · September 25, 1968
- ROBERT JOHN LOEHLEIN JRCorporal · September 25, 1968
- HARRY LEROY MAYESSpecialist Four · September 25, 1968
Same unit, same day
- SAMMY BURROLA JRSpecialist Four · Panel 42W, Line 9
- WILLIAM ARTHUR CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · Panel 42W, Line 9
- JOHN WILLIAM EASTONFirst Lieutenant · Panel 42W, Line 10
- ROGER ALAN FULKERSONFirst Lieutenant · Panel 42W, Line 11
- TERRY JAY JOHNSONPrivate First Class · Panel 42W, Line 12
- JOSEPH WILLIAM SEBASTIANCorporal · Panel 42W, Line 14
From Mclean
- SIDNEY B MACLEOD JRCorporal · May 9, 1968
- BRUCE JOEL DUNHAMSergeant · June 9, 1969
- DAVID DAWSON PEPPIN JRPrivate First Class · July 10, 1969
- CHARLES RICHARD MCNULTYStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1970
- VYRL EUGENE LEICHLITER JRFirst Lieutenant · June 10, 1970
- PETER CHARLES FORAMEFirst Lieutenant · December 19, 1971
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.