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RAYMOND ARTHUR JINKS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 20, 1948 – May 13, 1969
Service recordRaymond Arthur Jinks, of Pulaski, Georgia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 13, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 102 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 102
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- August 20, 1948
- Home of record
- Pulaski, Georgia (Candler County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 13, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
112 names on the Wall carry the date May 13, 1969; eight of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 74 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 102
- ERIC BERNARD JOHNSONSpecialist Four · May 13, 1969
- LARRY PAUL JONESCorporal · May 13, 1969
- JAMES JULIUS JULIAN JRSergeant · May 13, 1969
- RICHARD ROBERT KELLEYSpecialist Four · May 13, 1969
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.