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REGINALD ROCKEFEL JENKINS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
March 6, 1946 – May 29, 1968
Service recordReginald Rockefel Jenkins, of Clinton, South Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 29, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 63W, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 63W · Line 7
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 6, 1946
- Home of record
- Clinton, South Carolina (Laurens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 29, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
59 names on the Wall carry the date May 29, 1968; 24 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 63W, Line 7
- ROBERT RANDEL HUFFCorporal · May 29, 1968
- GARY ARZA HUSTEDLance Corporal · May 29, 1968
- KENNETH MARVIN ILERPrivate First Class · May 29, 1968
- JAMES CLARENCE JEWELL JRCorporal · May 29, 1968
From Clinton
- JOHN WALTER TEAGUEPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- ROY JAMES BLACKWELL JRSpecialist Four · November 19, 1967
- LEON SHIRLEY MADDENStaff Sergeant · June 27, 1969
- ROBERT EARL KINGCorporal · July 9, 1969
- JOSEPH ONEIL MCGEEPrivate First Class · September 28, 1970
- JAMES DOUGLAS OWENSSpecialist Four · April 1, 1972
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.