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ROLAND HAYES JENKINS
Private · U.S. Army
December 16, 1947 – July 15, 1968
Service recordRoland Hayes Jenkins, of Houston, Texas, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on July 15, 1968, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 52W, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52W · Line 35
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- December 16, 1947
- Home of record
- Houston, Texas (Harris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 15, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date July 15, 1968; two of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 52W, Line 35
- MICHAEL ALLEN BEALSSergeant · July 15, 1968
- STEVEN GIACOPPO JRSergeant · July 15, 1968
- CHARLES RAY HENLEYSpecialist Four · July 15, 1968
- ROBERT DAVIS HICKOXCorporal · July 15, 1968
From Houston
- JOSEPH MICHAEL FAHEY JRCaptain · February 11, 1962
- JOHN F SHAUGHNESSY JRCaptain · February 3, 1963
- RICHARD DALE HILLAirman Second Class · December 6, 1963
- HUGHIE DARELL ADAMSMajor · January 7, 1964
- ALBERT LAWRENCE SHIMEKPrivate First Class · April 10, 1964
- BYRON CLARK STONECaptain · August 20, 1964
- JAMES EDWARD HAVEMANNWarrant Officer 1 · October 7, 1964
- ROBERT GRAHAM BELLMajor · May 16, 1965
- LEROY ANTHONY BOURGEOISPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT FILMORE BATSONSergeant · August 18, 1965
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.