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JOYFUL J JENKINS
Major · U.S. Air Force
July 26, 1927 – September 6, 1969
Service recordJoyful J Jenkins, of Loxley, Alabama, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on September 6, 1969, in Thailand, at age 42. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 47
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- July 26, 1927
- Home of record
- Loxley, Alabama (Baldwin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 6, 1969
- Age
- 42
- Country
- Thailand
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date September 6, 1969. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The record places this loss in Thailand, outside South Vietnam.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 47
- JULIUS C HOULDITCH JRSergeant · September 6, 1969
- ARNOLD NOEL JACOSergeant · September 6, 1969
- ROBERT WAYNE LAFLEURPrivate First Class · September 6, 1969
- CHARLES R LEMINGSpecialist Four · September 6, 1969
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.