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LEWIS FRANKLIN JENKINS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 14, 1947 – July 11, 1967
Service recordLewis Franklin Jenkins, of Berryville, Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 11, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 52
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- September 14, 1947
- Home of record
- Berryville, Virginia (Clarke County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 11, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date July 11, 1967. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 50 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 52
- WILLIAM JOHN IGOEPrivate First Class · July 11, 1967
- ELMER FREDERICK KENNEYSergeant · July 11, 1967
- HAROLD WAYNE KINGCorporal · July 11, 1967
- DAVE ROYCE KINGSBURYMajor · July 11, 1967
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES NORMAN BROWNSpecialist Five · Panel 23E, Line 49
- DANIEL FRENCHY DEBUTTSPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 23E, Line 50
- WILLIAM JOHN IGOEPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 52
- EMILE JOSEPH LEGERESpecialist Four · Panel 23E, Line 55
From Berryville
- DOUGLAS MORRIS WOODWARDSergeant First Class · February 28, 1970
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.