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LARRY JENKINS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 5, 1948 – November 24, 1968
Service recordLarry Jenkins, of Live Oak, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 24, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 49
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- May 5, 1948
- Home of record
- Live Oak, Florida (Suwannee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 24, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date November 24, 1968; six of them were lost in Long An Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 54 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 38W, Line 49
- DAVID FRANK GARRINGERSecond Lieutenant · November 24, 1968
- ALFRED HIGHTOWER JRSpecialist Four · November 24, 1968
- TERRY LEE HINKLECorporal · November 24, 1968
- HARRY TURNER KITE JRPrivate First Class · November 24, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LARRY LEE BATESSergeant · Panel 38W, Line 48
- LARRY MARTIN CARROLLSergeant · Panel 38W, Line 48
- ALFRED HIGHTOWER JRSpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 49
- TERRY LEE HINKLECorporal · Panel 38W, Line 49
- JACK JOHNSTONE SANDERSONPrivate First Class · Panel 38W, Line 52
- MARK STEPHEN STEINERSecond Lieutenant · Panel 38W, Line 53
From Live Oak
- DUNCAN EDWARD BASS JRSergeant · November 18, 1966
- OTTO WAYNE AUESergeant · October 15, 1968
- PERRY DAVID JOHNSONStaff Sergeant · February 8, 1969
- JAMES NEIL WALLPrivate First Class · July 15, 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.