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LARRY RUFUS JENKINS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 4, 1949 – June 9, 1969
Service recordLarry Rufus Jenkins, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 9, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 2
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
- Heavy Vehicle Driver (64B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- January 4, 1949
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 9, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date June 9, 1969; nine of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 60 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 2
- JIMMY ANDERSON INGRAMSpecialist Four · June 9, 1969
- FRANK W JEALOUS-OF-HIMSpecialist Four · June 9, 1969
- LARRY DEWAYNE KEELINGCorporal · June 9, 1969
- DENNIS ALLEN KELLUMSPrivate First Class · June 9, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LEON HENRY ADAMSSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 116
- JOHNNIE J CARAWAYPrivate First Class · Panel 23W, Line 118
- ARTHURO CARRASCOPrivate First Class · Panel 23W, Line 118
- PAUL ROBERT EDMONDPrivate First Class · Panel 23W, Line 119
- WILLIAM ROBERT GREGORYSpecialist Five · Panel 23W, Line 120
- BRUNO J MLODZINSKI JRPrivate First Class · Panel 22W, Line 4
- GENE ALLEN MYERSSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 5
- DONALD RAY SMITHSergeant · Panel 22W, Line 8
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 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.