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WILLIAM DONALD JINKS
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 16, 1945 – May 19, 1967
Service recordWilliam Donald Jinks, of Bay City, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 19, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 45
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Cannoneer (0811)
- Born
- July 16, 1945
- Home of record
- Bay City, Texas (Matagorda County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 19, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
69 names on the Wall carry the date May 19, 1967; 29 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 45
- EVERETT EUGENE JOHNSON JRSecond Lieutenant · May 19, 1967
- LEO JOHN KELLY IIISecond Lieutenant · May 19, 1967
- MICHAEL AARON KIGHTWarrant Officer 1 · May 19, 1967
- ROY ABNER KNIGHT JRColonel · May 19, 1967
From Bay City
- JOHNNIE PAUL WINFREYPrivate First Class · September 18, 1965
- JOSEPH ROLLINS HILLIARDPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- ERNEST WAYNE GAJDOSIKStaff Sergeant · February 20, 1967
- LUIS BARRON CAMPOSSpecialist Four · April 13, 1968
- PAUL RODRIGUEZ LOZANOSpecialist Four · May 13, 1968
- ROBERT F BALSLEY JRStaff Sergeant · November 16, 1968
- ESTEBAN ANGEL TREVINO JRLance Corporal · May 12, 1969
- LARRY KURT KAISERStaff Sergeant · April 30, 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.