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LEN MCKINLEY JENKINS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 23, 1946 – November 10, 1966
Service recordLen McKinley Jenkins, of Cosby, Tennessee, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 10, 1966, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 50
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- September 23, 1946
- Home of record
- Cosby, Tennessee (Cocke County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 10, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date November 10, 1966; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 50
- WILLIAM THOMAS CARTERLieutenant (junior grade) · November 10, 1966
- DENNIS LYNN DOOLEYSpecialist Four · November 10, 1966
- OTIS E JACKSONSpecialist Four · November 10, 1966
- LLOYD STEVEN SMITHFirst Lieutenant · November 10, 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.