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RAY G JENKINS
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
April 25, 1945 – February 28, 1968
Service recordRay G Jenkins, of Logan, Utah, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on February 28, 1968, in Ba Xugen Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 41E, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41E · Line 67
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- April 25, 1945
- Home of record
- Logan, Utah (Cache County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 28, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Ba Xugen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
91 names on the Wall carry the date February 28, 1968; he was the only one lost in Ba Xugen Province that day. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
He died in Ba Xugen Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 41E, Line 67
- ROBERT WILSON HOWDENCorporal · February 28, 1968
- ROBERT WILLIAM HUNTSergeant First Class · February 28, 1968
- WILLIAM JOHN JACOBSCorporal · February 28, 1968
- HERBERT ALBERT KEHRLITechnical Sergeant · February 28, 1968
Same unit, same day
- THEUS EVERETTE DELAIGLESergeant · Panel 41E, Line 62
- ROY WILLIAM DUNCANPrivate First Class · Panel 41E, Line 63
- TERRY ALAN GILBERTSONStaff Sergeant · Panel 41E, Line 65
- STEVEN JAY POPKINCaptain · Panel 41E, Line 71
From Logan
- RANDALL LEROY SAUNDERSSpecialist Four · February 16, 1968
- GEORGE J ECONOMOUS JRFirst Lieutenant · April 15, 1968
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.