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ROBERT DOUGLAS JENKINS
Private · U.S. Army
May 8, 1949 – May 27, 1968
Service recordRobert Douglas Jenkins, of Wyandotte, Michigan, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on May 27, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 65W, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 65W · Line 10
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 (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Central Office Switchboard Operator (72C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 SIGNAL BDE
- Born
- May 8, 1949
- Home of record
- Wyandotte, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 27, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
78 names on the Wall carry the date May 27, 1968; four of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 SIGNAL BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 65W, Line 10
- THOMAS HILLPrivate First Class · May 27, 1968
- CARLTON HARVEY HOODLance Corporal · May 27, 1968
- GARLAND JONESLance Corporal · May 27, 1968
- PATRICK ARTHUR LAYTONPrivate First Class · May 27, 1968
From Wyandotte
- CHRISTOPHER PAUL JOHNSONPrivate First Class · June 30, 1967
- PATRICK RICHARD CALLAHANPrivate First Class · July 8, 1967
- CECIL R HOBBS JRSergeant · April 4, 1968
- THOMAS EDWARD RAUBOLTSpecialist Four · April 26, 1968
- BILLY JOE TAYLORCorporal · August 2, 1968
- HENRY PHILIP BALDWINHospitalman · March 19, 1969
- DANNY KEITH YELLEYPrivate First Class · July 7, 1969
- GEORGE BERNARD TEARPrivate First Class · July 11, 1969
- JOHN JAMES LAFLERLance Corporal · August 27, 1970
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.