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WILLIAM CLIFTON JENKINS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 19, 1943 – March 24, 1968
Service recordWilliam Clifton Jenkins, of King George, Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 24, 1968, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 46E, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46E · 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. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Unit (as recorded)
- ENGINEERING CMD
- Born
- February 19, 1943
- Home of record
- King George, Virginia (King George County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 24, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date March 24, 1968; two of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “ENGINEERING CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 46E, Line 7
- ALBERT FRANCIS HEUSEL JRPrivate First Class · March 24, 1968
- PAUL LEE HUTCHINSONPrivate First Class · March 24, 1968
- WILLIAM ALLEN IVESPrivate First Class · March 24, 1968
- ROBERT LEONARD JACKSONPrivate First Class · March 24, 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.