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JOSEPH WILLIAM JENKS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
April 5, 1944 – March 13, 1967
Service recordJoseph William Jenks, of Manistique, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 13, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 73
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- April 5, 1944
- Home of record
- Manistique, Michigan (Schoolcraft County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 13, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date March 13, 1967; three of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 73
- DONALD PETER JOHNSONLance Corporal · March 13, 1967
- CLARENCE ALFRED KIMMPrivate First Class · March 13, 1967
- LONNIE EDWARD PARKERSpecialist Four · March 13, 1967
- THOMAS EUGENE SAUBLECaptain · March 13, 1967
From Manistique
- THOMAS LEE TIGLASFireman Apprentice · December 23, 1966
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.