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RANDALL LEE JENKINS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 19, 1950 – February 2, 1969
Service recordRandall Lee Jenkins, of Columbus, Ohio, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 2, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 41
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- April 19, 1950
- Home of record
- Columbus, Ohio (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 2, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date February 2, 1969; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 41
- CHARLES EDWARD INLOWPrivate First Class · February 2, 1969
- GEORGE EMMETT JACKSONSpecialist Four · February 2, 1969
- CARL RANDOLPH KECKPrivate First Class · February 2, 1969
- ASA MARTIN JRPrivate · February 2, 1969
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
- MORRIS E JENKINSSpecialist Five · December 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.