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MORRIS E JENKINS
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
November 29, 1941 – December 2, 1965
Service recordMorris E Jenkins, of Columbus, Ohio, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on December 2, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 120 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 120
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- General Vehicle Repairman (63C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- November 29, 1941
- Home of record
- Columbus, Ohio (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 2, 1965
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date December 2, 1965. In December 1965, 326 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 77 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3E, Line 120
- ARTHUR NELLO MCMELLONStaff Sergeant · December 1, 1965
- JACOB DRUMMOND LOGANLieutenant (junior grade) · December 2, 1965
- GERALD RAY ROBERTSLieutenant Commander · December 2, 1965
- TOMMY ROBERT WILSONSergeant · December 2, 1965
Same unit, same day
- TOMMY ROBERT WILSONSergeant · Panel 3E, Line 120
From Columbus
- LAWRENCE CLAIR HAMMONDChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 11, 1963
- JOHN FREDRICK STONEBURNERMajor · December 9, 1964
- TOMMY JOE BELCHERSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- ANDREW JACOB HINDERMANPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- WILLIAM BISHOP WOLFLance Corporal · October 14, 1965
- DENNIS SMITHCorporal · October 30, 1965
- CHARLES THOMAS MOORE JRSpecialist Five · November 17, 1965
- KENNETH POLINGSpecialist Four · November 21, 1965
- MORRIS LEE BARGYCorporal · November 29, 1965
- WILLIAM DION MCKILLOPPrivate First Class · December 18, 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.