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PHILIP PAUL JENKINS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 11, 1942 – May 7, 1966
Service recordPhilip Paul Jenkins, of Baltimore, Maryland, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 7, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 38
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 11, 1942
- Home of record
- Baltimore, Maryland (Baltimore (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 7, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date May 7, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 38
- OWEN WAYNE WORTHEYPrivate First Class · May 6, 1966
- STEVE GRANT YOUNGSpecialist Four · May 6, 1966
- JOHN DAVIS CHUTERPetty Officer Second Class · May 7, 1966
- JAMES EARL JOHNSONPrivate First Class · May 7, 1966
From Baltimore
- EVERETTE LEROY DONALDSONPrivate First Class · June 29, 1964
- WILLIAM EDWARD FOWLERLance Corporal · July 9, 1965
- FRANK ROBERT SAXONLance Corporal · September 14, 1965
- JAMES MCKINLEY LONGPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- THOMAS JAMES SCHINDLERSergeant · October 5, 1965
- SAMUEL L HOLMANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD DEANE OTTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ODELL VAUGHANStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ANTHONY WATSONSecond Lieutenant · December 4, 1965
- PHILIP JAMES MCCARTHYSergeant · December 5, 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.