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ROBERT JAMES JENKS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 3, 1947 – March 2, 1968
Service recordRobert James Jenks, of Concord, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 2, 1968, in Phong Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 42E, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42E · Line 33
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- August 3, 1947
- Home of record
- Concord, Michigan (Jackson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 2, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phong Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
100 names on the Wall carry the date March 2, 1968; four of them were lost in Phong Dinh Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 101 of its members that month.
He died in Phong Dinh 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 42E, Line 33
- FLOYD HEGLER JRSergeant First Class · March 2, 1968
- DAVID NOEL HILLCorporal · March 2, 1968
- FRANK JOHN HUTCHINSSergeant · March 2, 1968
- FRANCIS LEON JEANTETCorporal · March 2, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT GEORGE BURNSSpecialist Four · Panel 42E, Line 28
- NORMAN JOSEPH ERBLANDSergeant · Panel 42E, Line 30
- MICHAEL DENNIS FROSTPrivate First Class · Panel 42E, Line 31
- JOSE RODRIGUEZ-ACEVEDOCorporal · Panel 42E, Line 32
- FRANCIS LEON JEANTETCorporal · Panel 42E, Line 33
- NEIL STEWART THOMPSONCorporal · Panel 42E, Line 42
- TERRY LEE WEAVERPrivate First Class · Panel 42E, Line 44
From Concord
- JAMES MARK MORGANStaff Sergeant · January 10, 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.