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KENNETH CLIFFORD JENKINS
Seaman · U.S. Navy
March 21, 1949 – April 21, 1969
Service recordKenneth Clifford Jenkins, of Cleveland, Ohio, served as a Seaman in the U.S. Navy. He died on April 21, 1969, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 20
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Rank
- Seaman (SN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Seaman (SN)
- Born
- March 21, 1949
- Home of record
- Cleveland, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 21, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date April 21, 1969. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 20
- CURRAN M JONESPetty Officer Third Class · April 21, 1969
- STEFAN MALKUTPrivate · April 21, 1969
- JERRY MORGAN JRCorporal · April 21, 1969
- RALPH RICHARD OCHOAPrivate First Class · April 21, 1969
From Cleveland
- HAROLD E STRONG JRSergeant First Class · January 23, 1965
- KENNETH LEE DEAN JRCaptain · April 20, 1965
- BOBBY RUSSELLSergeant First Class · June 10, 1965
- THOMAS H BOTTSSergeant First Class · September 4, 1965
- LEONARD JOHN DADANTEFirst Lieutenant · September 9, 1965
- JOHN PAUL DUCHNOWSKILance Corporal · November 5, 1965
- LAVALLE ERNEST CARLTONPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- DONALD ROBERT CLARKCaptain · November 9, 1965
- DAVID LOUIS MENDOZASpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD KILLENSSpecialist Four · December 5, 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.